[1][2] The stadium is built on the northern outskirts of Kharkiv just beyond the administrative city limits.

The word "Sonyachny" means sunny in Ukrainian language and happened so that the first tenant of the stadium was the local FC Helios Kharkiv.

The stadium was built as a training center in 2011 as part of preparation to the Euro 2012.

It was used by the Netherlands national football team for training purposes, which during the competition were based out of Kharkiv.

In 2012-2017 the stadium was the home ground of Ukrainian First League club FC Helios Kharkiv.