The venue was demolished in 1989 and replaced with the Johnnie B. Wiley Amateur Athletic Sports Pavilion, which retains entrances from the original stadium.

The stadium was built on the East Side of Buffalo for $3 million as a Works Progress Administration project in 1937.

[3] The 36,500-seat venue was primarily used for college football when it opened on October 16, 1937, with the Tulane Green Wave defeating the Colgate Raiders 7–6 in the inaugural game.

Due to the small size of the track, drivers were forced to leave the venue to make pit stops at nearby Masten Armory.

The stadium's baseball diamond had an unorthodox southeast alignment (home plate to center field).

Brock Yates of Sports Illustrated jokingly wrote in 1969 that the stadium, "looks as if whatever war it was a memorial to had been fought within its confines.

Rich Stadium was constructed for the Bills in suburban Orchard Park, where the team moved after the 1972 season.

[16] A preseason neutral site Canadian Football League game between the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and the Toronto Argonauts took place at the venue on August 11, 1951.

Originally called the Graduation Bowl in its inaugural year, the game was an exhibition between the best college seniors in America who were turning professional.