The track also hosted the bobsleigh 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 bobsleigh and luge events at the 1976 games held in neighboring Innsbruck. ).
The track also served as the venue for the world championships in bobsleigh that same year, marking the first time this had happened in both bobsleigh and luge in a non-Olympic winter season (Igls hosted both bobsleigh and luge events at the 1976 games held in neighboring Innsbruck).