Work officially started on clearing the site of trees on 9 May 2009, and work above ground started in early September 2009. By the middle of September the first main structure of the Main Stand was visible, and in early 2010 the other three stands were being developed. In late May the pitch was seeded. It was originally planned that the stadium would be ready for the
2009–10 season, but delays meant that it would not be ready until the
2010–11 season. Globe Arena's opening game was to be a friendly against
Bolton Wanderers on 28 July 2010, with the official opening of the stadium due to be marked by a local derby against rivals
Preston North End on 31 July. However, all three planned home pre-season friendly fixtures were cancelled because of site delays. The stadium's opening game was instead against
Coventry City for Morecambe's
League Cup first-round tie on 10 August, in which Morecambe marked the occasion by beating their Championship opponents 2–0, with
Andy Fleming scoring the first two goals at the stadium. The first league game at the Globe Arena was a 0–0 draw with
Rotherham United. Their first league win came in a 1–0 match against
Shrewsbury Town. The Shrimps' biggest victory on the ground was a 6–0 defeat of
Crawley Town, with striker
Phil Jevons becoming the first player to score a
hat-trick on the ground. A record of 5,375 was set on 28 August 2013 when Morecambe hosted
Newcastle United in the 2nd Round of the
League Cup with Newcastle emerging 2–0 winners. That record was broken in a
League One matchup against
Sheffield Wednesday eight years later to the day, on 28 August 2021, where 5,481 people attended and saw a 1–0 win for the home side; that was broken the same season, when 5,617 spectators were in attendance for a 1–1 draw against Bolton Wanderers, and once more in the last game of the season when 5,831 saw Morecambe fall 0-1 to
Sunderland but maintain their place in League One for a second consecutive season. ==Stands==