The stadium was built by soldiers of the 8th Sapper Regiment, as a sports ground for the District Command of the VIII Corps.In 1957, due to regulatory requirements, a major renovation took place and the new facilities opened on 20 October 1957.The stadium was now named after Zbigniew Raniszewski, a Polish speedway rider who lost his life in a race in Vienna on 21 April 1956.[9] The KS Apator Toruń speedway team won the league championship while based at the stadium in 1986 and 1990.A few days later, on 25 October the stadium hosted the final of the Pomeranian Youth League before being sold by the city for PLN 60,270,000 to developers, who in turn built the Toruń Plaza shopping center on the site.