The Knoxville Convention Center is a 500,000-square-foot

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Knoxville Knoxville is a city in and the county seat of Knox County in the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2020 United States census, Knoxville's population was 190,740, making it the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division and the state' ...

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, occupying the former location of the US Pavilion of the 1982 World's Fair. It offers of exhibit space.

Design

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.

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