Previously Missouri Western played at municipal owned Noyes Field by Central High School.

It is named for Elliot Spratt, an executive with Hillyard, Inc. whose family has donated money for numerous buildings on the campus.

The biggest crowds are for the Northwest Missouri-Missouri Western football rivalry including 10,129 in 2009 and 9,207 in 2007[2] From 1998 to 2007 the stadium hosted the Missouri 8-Man High School Football Championship, taking over from longtime host Bearcat Stadium.

In 2018 the Bill Snyder Pavilion was dedicated at the west end of the playing field, in honor of the St. Joseph native and former Kansas State football coach.

In 2009 Missouri Western signed a contract for the Kansas City Chiefs to move to the stadium from River Falls, Wisconsin, in 2010.