Sporthalle Gießen-Ost is an indoor sporting arena located in

Gießen Giessen, spelled Gießen in German (), is a town in the German state (''Bundesland'') of Hesse, capital of both the district of Giessen and the administrative region of Giessen. The population is approximately 90,000, with roughly 37,000 univers ...

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. The gym was built in the 1960s both as the gym of a nearby high school as well as the gym for the city's professional basketball team, the

Giessen 46ers The JobStairs GIESSEN 46ers (formerly GIESSEN 46ers) is a professional basketball club based in Gießen, Germany, that plays in the Basketball Bundesliga. Their home arena is Sporthalle Gießen-Ost, with a capacity of 4,003 people. History The b ...

. In 2006, the arena was renovated and holds now a capacity of 4,003 people.

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