| Knoxville Convention Center | |
| Address: | 701 Henley Street |
| Location: | Knoxville, Tennessee |
| Owner: | City of Knoxville |
| Operator: | ASM Global[1] |
| Built: | 2002 |
| Opened: | 2002 |
| Total Space: | 500000square feet |
| Exhibit: | 120000square feet |
| Breakout: | 26000square feet |
| Ballroom: | 27000square feet |
| Publictransit: | Knoxville Area Transit |
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. It offers 120000square feet of exhibit space.
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]