Before being constructed, in its location situated at the junction of the United Nations Drive and Lynch Street, a sports pitch with a dilapidated wooden shelter, previously used by sports fans for recreational purposes, already existed. Therefore, no later than 1952, Being the only stadium for many years until the 1980s, that is before
Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Stadium was completed, Antoinette Tubman Stadium hosted and still hosts numerous home games of the
LFA-First Division clubs but also matches of the
Liberian national football team such as qualifiers for the
1968,
1976,
2013,
2015 and
2017 African Cup of Nations or qualifiers for the
1982,
2006,
2014 and
2018 FIFA World Cup tournaments and many other contests as well. Antoinette Tubman Stadium has been the site of various
True Whig Party conventions, especially during the presidency of
William Tubman, as well as other major political events and rallies most recently being the "One-Million-Man March" rally organised by the
Congress for Democratic Change and president
George Weah marking his renomination to race in the 2023 presidential and legislative elections. Antoinette Tubman Stadium has also been known to be utilized as a venue for several concerts and music festivals performed by mostly
afrobeats,
afropop and
hip-hop artists and bands like
Wizkid,
Davido or
Kcee etc. Also major church days and religious events are frequently held on Antoinette Tubman Stadium like the commemoration of 500 years of Reformation organized by the Lutheran Church in Liberia (LCL) in 2017 or Liberian Muslims gathering and performing Eid al-Adha prayers in 2018. In 2014 during the
Ebola virus epidemic Antoinette Tubman Stadium was converted into an Ebola treatment unit. ==Renovations==