[1][2] In 1934, at the suggestion of the surgeon-doctor Periklis Yannis and the tireless and pious efforts of the then Metropolitan of Ioannina and later Archbishop of Athens and all Greece Spyridon (Vlachos), the sports facilities were moved to the place where the National Stage of Zosimades "Of course, it might have been used before, about the end of 1932 to the beginning of 1933.

Then Metropolitan Spyridon himself visited the area surrounded by poor little houses that had small gardens and little fields.

In the beginning the Metropolis provided enough money to fencing the new stadium by building a huge stone wall around it.

This regime lasted until the Duchy of the Colonels, so on a visit by the then Secretary-General of Sports Konstantinos Aslanidis who, seeing this enormous space in the middle of the city, was positively impressed and asked for a study to be made as soon as possible built a decent stage worthy of the historic city of Ioannina.

In 1993 strong winds destroyed the then sheltered platform, opposite the large enclosure.

In the summer of 2016 the stadium hosted a match in the second qualifying round of the Europa League 2016-17 after some works that were made (mainly the growth of the field).