[3] The Boxing Day Wangaratta Hospital Fete was first held at The Showgrounds in 1882, which also included an athletic program.

[4] The first recorded international cricket match hosted on the ground came when Wangaratta played the touring Fijians in 1908.

[9] The ground held its first first-class match in 1986 when Victoria played Queensland in the Sheffield Shield.

[10] A List A / 50 over, limited over match was played there in the 2005/06 ING Cup between Victoria and New South Wales.

[13] The venue secured the rights to host five Australian Football League pre-season games between 2012 and 2021;[13] however, the first of those matches, to have been played between St Kilda and Essendon in 2012, was cancelled after Essendon's chartered flights were unable to land in or near Wangaratta due to the very heavy afternoon rain throughout northern Victoria.