[3] The stadium opened in 1963[4] and was the venue for qualifying rounds of the Speedway World Championship in 1966[5] and 1967[6] and the qualifying round of the Speedway World Team Cup in 1973 and 1975.

[7] The venue was also chosen for multiple Russian Individual Speedway Championship finals.

More recently the stadium held the final of the 2011 Team Speedway Junior World Championship, a 2018 European Championship qualifier[8] and the final of the 2019 European Pairs Speedway Championship[9] In preparation for the 2019 event, new floodlights were installed.

[10] Since 2022, the stadium has been restricted to domestic use following the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme ban on Russian motorcycle riders, teams, officials, and competitions, as a result of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

[11] The speedway team Turbina Balakovo race in the Russian league and also competed in the European Speedway Club Champions' Cup in 2010 and 2011.