The track also hosted the luge world championships that same year, the first time that had ever happened in both bobsleigh and luge in a non-Winter Olympic year (Igls hosted both events for the 1976 games in neighboring Innsbruck.
In addition to hosting the luge world championships that same year, the track also made history by being the first venue to host both bobsleigh and luge events outside of a Winter Olympics (Igls had previously hosted both events for the 1976 games in Innsbruck).