Ground was broken on October 20, 2006, for the stadium, that replaced the field shared with the City of Knoxville at Tyson Park. The new stadium featured a state-of-the-art press box, private boxes and VIP suites, a digital scoreboard with video playback capabilities, 1,581 seats, and three locker rooms. A 6,500-square-foot training facility was placed directly adjacent to the Tennessee locker complex, with a locker room, film room, player lounge, kitchen, meeting rooms, and coaches’ offices.
The field dimensions are 220 feet to center field and 200 feet to left and right field. The team first practiced in the new stadium on October 2, 2007. The first home game was February 21, 2008, against Brigham-Young. Tennessee won 8-2. The first person to hit a home run in Lee Stadium was Angeline Quiocho of Brigham Young.
Lee, a Knoxvillian, graduated from Texas Christian University and did graduate work at UT. Her late husband, Baxter Lee, was a UT graduate and had been a staunch supporter of UT Athletics.