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The Knoxville Multi-use Stadium is a 7000-seat sports stadium under construction in Knoxville, Tennessee.Scheduled for completion in March 2025, the stadium will serve as the home baseball park of the Double-A Tennessee Smokies (to be renamed the Knoxville Smokies) of the Southern League and One Knoxville SC, a Division III soccer team.
Market Square is a historic district and pedestrian mall located in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, United States.Established in 1854 as a market place for regional farmers, the square has developed over the decades into a multipurpose venue that accommodates events ranging from concerts to political rallies, and has long provided a popular gathering place for artists, street musicians, war ...
November 4, 1986. Gay Street is a street in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, that traverses the heart of the city's downtown area. Since its development in the 1790s, Gay Street has served as the city's principal financial and commercial thoroughfare, and has played a primary role in the city's historical and cultural development. [2]
Knoxville Center Mall, originally known as East Towne Mall, was a shopping mall located in North Knoxville, Tennessee. It was in operation from 1984 to January 2020 [ 1 ] and was demolished in 2021. History
Knoxville Civic Coliseum. General James White Memorial Civic Auditorium and Coliseum (usually shortened to Knoxville Civic Coliseum) is a multi-purpose events facility in Knoxville, Tennessee, owned by the Knoxville city government and managed by ASM. Its components are an auditorium with a maximum seating capacity of 2,500, [1] a multi-purpose ...
The Sunsphere, located in World's Fair Park in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, is a 266-foot (81 m) tall hexagonal steel truss structure, topped with the 75-foot (23 m) gold-colored glass sphere that served as the symbol of the 1982 World's Fair. Directly across a man-made pond from the Tennessee Amphitheater, they are the only remaining ...
Oak Ridge is a city in Anderson and Roane counties in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Tennessee, about 25 miles (40 km) west of downtown Knoxville. Oak Ridge's population was 31,402 at the 2020 census. [9] It is part of the Knoxville Metropolitan Area. Oak Ridge's nicknames include the Atomic City, [10] the Secret City, [11] and the City ...
The History of Knoxville, Tennessee, began with the establishment of James White's Fort on the Trans-Appalachian frontier in 1786. [ 1 ] The fort was chosen as the capital of the Southwest Territory in 1790, and the city, named for Secretary of War Henry Knox, was platted the following year. [ 1 ] Knoxville became the first capital of the State ...