Named in memory of Negro league baseball manager Wesley Barrow, a longtime prominent figure in the New Orleans baseball community,[1][2] the stadium includes a 200-square-foot climate-controlled press box, a public address system and LED scoreboard.

The baseball field features professional-sized artificial turf with a clay pitcher's mound and two fenced bullpens.

The academy will provide free, year-round baseball and softball instruction and other educational services for youth from underserved and urban communities throughout southern Louisiana.

The funding was provided by Major League Baseball, the city of New Orleans and the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

[10] In 2021, the stadium became the home field for the Xavier University Gold Nuggets women's softball team.