A competition in 1978 was won by the Köhler office of Gauting, and the hall opened on 2 October 1982 on the Gänsberg, above the old slaughterhouse by the Rednitz that later became the town's Kulturforum. The city runs it directly. The large hall seats 649, or 1,288 with its extension opened up; a small hall takes 240 and the whole building holds 3,900 standing. Concerts, balls, congresses and comedians share the calendar with sport — the European snooker championship played here in 2022.