Knoxville_Convention_Center Knowpia

Knoxville Convention Center
Knoxville Convention Center
	Knoxville Convention Center with the Sunsphere in the background
Address	701 Henley Street
Location	Knoxville, Tennessee
Coordinates	35°57′39.3″N 83°55′22.3″W / 35.960917°N 83.922861°W
Owner	City of Knoxville
Operator	ASM Global
Built	2002
Opened	2002
Enclosed space
• Total space	500,000 sq ft (46,000 m2)
• Exhibit hall floor	120,000 sq ft (11,000 m2)
• Breakout/meeting	26,000 sq ft (2,400 m2)
• Ballroom	27,000 sq ft (2,500 m2)
Public transit access	Knoxville Area Transit
Website
	kccasm.com

The Knoxville Convention Center is a 500,000-square-foot convention center in Knoxville, Tennessee, occupying the former location of the US Pavilion of the 1982 World's Fair.^[2] It offers 120,000 square feet (11,000 m²) of exhibit space.

Design edit

The main entrance as seen from an overhead pedestrian walkway.

The building was designed by the architecture firms Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates and McCarthy, Holsaple, McCarty. C.M. Kling & Associates were lighting designers. Its design was inspired by that of a Tennessee barn. It contains an exhibit hall, meeting rooms, auditorium, and a large ballroom. Its ballroom measures 27,000 square feet.^[2]