Construction of the stadium began in 1946 on a cleared site that had been part of the Department of Engineering, Ritsumeikan Vocational School (a predecessor of the College of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University) and a horse riding school of the Ritsumeikan Vocational School.
1946年、立命館専門学校工学科（立命館大学理工学部の前身）と同校馬術講習所の一部を開墾して造成を開始。