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World's Fair Park in 2019, with the Sunsphere and Tennessee Amphitheater in the background. By 1996, World's Fair Park was subject to 14 plans to redevelop the site, all of which were unsuccessful. [49] In the same year, Knoxville and the 1982 World's Fair were featured prominently in an episode of The Simpsons, "Bart on the Road". In the ...
English: Built for the 1982 World’s Fair, this structure was designed by Horst Berger and McCarty Bullock and Holsaple Architects, and features seating for 1400 spectators, with the stage of the amphitheater backing up to the adjacent artificial pond on the fairgrounds. The design of the structure’s roof utilizes tensile fabric membranes, a ...
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The largest tourism event in the state's history couldn't have happened without both political parties working hand in hand at every level of government.
The Sunsphere is a 266-foot (81 m) tall hexagonal steel truss structure located in World's Fair Park in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, United States.It is topped with the 75-foot (23 m) gold-colored glass sphere that served as the symbol of the 1982 World's Fair.
The Tennessee Amphitheater was built for 1982 World's Fair [1] and was designed by structural engineer Horst Berger, part of McCarty Bullock and Holsaple, architects of Knoxville (led by architect Bruce McCarty, the Master Architect of the 1982 World's Fair), and Geiger Berger, structural engineers of New York City.
1851 – London, United Kingdom – The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations – The Crystal Palace (typically listed as the "first world's fair") [13] 1852 – Cork, Ireland – Irish Industrial Exhibition [14] 1853 – Naples, Two Sicilies – Solenne Pubblica Esposizione di Arti e Manifatture [15]
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