Future Cleveland Browns great and Pro Football Hall of Famer Marion Motley, who along with fellow Hall of Famer Bill Willis broke the color barrier in modern professional football with the Cleveland Browns in 1946, scored the first touchdown in the stadium in 1938.

Malone University also previously utilized the stadium as their home field for football until the program was discontinued after the 2018 season.

Some of the major improvements included state-of-the-art Astroturf with a player friendly rubber base, new locker room facilities, new scoreboard with graphics display screen, new lighting, new sound system, new electrical services, structural repairs, vinyl caps for all wooden seats, and a renovated press box.

The newly renovated facility was also renamed to include the words Pro Football Hall of Fame Field.

In 2002, The Sporting News rated Benson Stadium the number one high school football venue in America.

On February 24, 2021, the Women's Football Alliance announced a multi-year deal to host its championship weekend at the Stadium.

[12] Bishop Sycamore head coach Roy Johnson was fired following the game and an arrest warrant was issued towards him.

[16] On January 25, 2023, it was announced that the Pittsburgh Maulers and the New Jersey Generals would be playing their home games at the Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium.

Canton was the only host stadium not retained when the USFL merged with the XFL to form the United Football League, as both the Maulers and Generals were contracted[17] and the UFL scheduled all of its games in their teams' nominal home cities; Hall of Fame Village officials made an aggressive effort to land the 2024 UFL Championship Game[18] but lost out to The Dome at America's Center.

[19] After the 2015 Pro Football Hall of Fame game concluded, demolition began on the stadium.