On September 19, 2006, the mayor of Sinsheim announced that the Rhein-Neckar-Arena would be built in the suburb of Steinsfurt, not far from the Sinsheim Auto & Technik Museum, for the town's football club 1899 Hoffenheim.
From the early 1990s until the introduction of the Rhine-Neckar S-Bahn there were services on the Bruchsal–Germersheim–Ludwigshafen–Mannheim–Heidelberg–Neckargemünd–Meckenheim–Sinsheim–Steinsfurt–Eppingen/Heilbronn route, operated with locomotives of class 218 hauling Silberling carriages.
Hoffenheim is the historic home to football club 1899 Hoffenheim which currently plays in the Bundesliga, Germany's top division, although the senior side now play their home games in the Rhein-Neckar-Arena, located in another Sinsheim suburb, Steinsfurt.