The stadium is located in the north of Hamilton, close to the
Burnbank and
Whitehill residential areas and to
Hamilton West railway station. Construction of the stadium was completed by
Ballast Nedam in 2001; the initial intention was for its name to be Ballast Stadium. The pitch was converted to artificial
FieldTurf in 2004, the more durable surface allowing the club to hold training sessions and
youth academy matches there without damaging the playing field for first team matches. After Hamilton was promoted to the
Scottish Premier League in May 2008, the artificial surface had to be replaced by
grass due to league rules, an alteration which owner Ronnie MacDonald claimed had cost £850,000 (including the installation of
undersoil heating). In addition to the turf replacement, a small temporary stand with a capacity of 500 was erected in March 2008 to bring the stadium's capacity up to the league requirement of 6,000 all seater. At the beginning of season 2013–14, Hamilton returned to an artificial playing surface, this time produced by TigerTurf with an installation cost of £400,000. In June 2018, that surface was voted as the worst of 42
SPFL venues in a survey of the league's players. The following day, the club made public their intention to install a new
Greenfields surface in time for the 2018–19 season, costing £750,000 and with the same specification as the
SFA performance centre at
Oriam. From 2016 to 2019, New Douglas Park entered into various
naming rights deals that saw the stadium renamed to SuperSeal Stadium, Hope CBD Stadium, and Fountain of Youth Stadium. In April 2022,
Clyde F.C. announced they would be leaving
Broadwood Stadium at the end of the
2021–22 season, ending their 28-year stay in
Cumbernauld. They will be ground-sharing at New Douglas Park from the start of the
2022–23 season, with a view of relocating to a new home back in
Glasgow in the near future. In October 2022, Glasgow-based tax credit consultancy ZLX Business Solutions entered into a
naming rights deal for £108,000. The stadium would be known as
ZLX Stadium for the next three seasons. At the end of the sponsorship deal it was renamed
The Hamilton Community Stadium. ==Records==