This was also once the route of the Rochester Subway, which was built in the old canal bed and ended operations in 1956.

It was constructed on a filled-in section of the Erie Canal's original routing through Rochester. The stadium was designed by HOK Sport (now Populous). It is owned by the City of Rochester and is operated as a youth sports complex. The stadium hosts other sporting events such as collegiate soccer, Rochester Rhinos Elite youth soccer games and practices, American football, field hockey and drum and bugle corps competitions as well as concerts, as well as occasionally hosting the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) Section V football championship and Far West Regional championship (played between Sections V and VI). The stadium originally hosted the Rochester Rhinos of the USL, the Rochester Rattlers of MLL, and the Western New York Flash of the NWSL. Previously to the Flower City Union, the stadium was home in 2018 to the Rochester Lancers and Lady Lancers of the NPSL and UWS, respectively. It is home to the Flower City Union of the National Independent Soccer Association. Rochester Community Sports Complex Stadium, also called the 'downtown soccer stadium', is a soccer-specific stadium in Rochester, New York within the Rochester Community Sports Complex. Western New York Flash ( NWSL) (2011–2016)

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