Knoxville Convention Center, Knoxville

The Knoxville Convention Center is a large, modern venue located on the former site of the US Pavilion of the 1982 World's Fair. The state-of-the-art facility was built in 2002 to a design inspired by a Tennessee barn.

Among its amenities, the center features half a million square feet of space on three floors and an underground loading dock. Its exhibition hall contains more than 120,000 square feet (11,000 m2) of flexible space, as well as a 27,300-square-foot ballroom, a lecture hall, and fourteen meeting rooms. Overall, the place is fit to accommodate up to 10,000 people at a time and is sufficient to host a variety of events like trade shows, conventions, meetings, concerts, and sporting games.

In addition to its event spaces, the Knoxville Convention Center also offers a variety of services to event planners and attendees, including catering, audiovisual services, and free Wi-Fi throughout the facility.