In 1930 the Greensboro Patriots of the old Piedmont League set up shop there, after a few decades of off and on play at Cone Athletic Park (0.7-miles to the northeast), and made various improvements such as the installation of lights and a roof for the box seat area.

Later the diamond was rotated clockwise and repositioned, and the field assumed a fairly normal shape except for right center, which was abnormally close due to the presence of a creek.

In order to put the city in a position to possibly upgrade to AA level ball, in the early 1990s the minor league club owners began lobbying for a new ballpark.

One of the stadium's notable features is an ornate, triple-arched entrance, which made a cameo appearance during the "road trip" segment of the 1988 movie Bull Durham.

During the minor league club's tenure, the three arches were decorated with quarter-sphere awnings covered in red, white, and blue cloth respectively.