page_title: Kassel Huskies
section_title: Eissporthalle
hierarchical_section_title: Kassel Huskies / Venue/Facilities / Eissporthalle
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Eingang der Eissporthalle Kassel
context_page_description: The EC Kassel Huskies are a professional ice hockey club based in Kassel, Hessen, Germany. The club currently competes in DEL2, the second level of ice hockey in Germany. The Huskies were founded in 1977 and have competed in the top five levels of the hockey in Germany since that time. Kassel's home barn is the Eissporthalle Kassel, which has a capacity of 6,100. The club's nickname is the Sled Dogs. Kassel has won two second level championships in 2008 and 2016 and have won one top level junior championship in 2004. The Huskies have finished runner-up in Germany's top league, DEL, in 1997 and have been beaten finalists in the Deutscher Eishockey-Pokal in 2004.
context_section_description: The home venue for the Kassel Huskies is the Eissporthalle. It is the first and only regular venue for Kassel's home matches, having played home to the club since inception on 19 February 1977.
  Eissporthall Kassel is located southwest of the Karlsaue park near the western bank of the Fulda river. To the east is the city centre of Kassel and Friedrichsplatz. The venue is co-located with the football and athletics stadium Auestadion.
  Kassel's extensive tram network provides transport for game day patrons to the Eissporthall. RT3 or RT5 can be caught to the Auestadion tram stop right outside the ice hockey and football stadiums. There is also bus stops and car parking available nearby.
  The venue was designed by Edith and Simon Kimm and opened in 1977. It is operated by Kasseler Sportstätten KG. Its original maximum capacity was 3,000 spectators but in 1995 the stadium went through a redevelopment by architect Peter Blaschke and the capacity was expanded to 6,100 with 2,720 seats and 250 box seats. The large capacity of the stadium for its time meant the Huskies had one of the largest average attendances at the start of the DEL in 1994.
  The below table showcases the spectator statistics for the final five seasons in the DEL and DEL2 before the club's bankruptcy in 2010 sent the club back to the fifth division.
  Legend: Total (Regular season/play-offs)
caption: Entrance to the Eissporthalle kassel, 2009
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