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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 ...
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.
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 ...
Pages in category "1982 World's Fair" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. * 1982 World's Fair; B.
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.
1893 – Chicago, Illinois, United States – World's Columbian Exposition [13] – Palace of Fine Arts and the World's Congress Auxiliary Building; 1893 – New York City, United States – World's Fair Prize Winners' Exposition (1893) 1894 – San Francisco, California, United States – California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894 [13]
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.
Petro's got its start at the 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville. Joe and Carol Schoentrup of Spokane, Washington, along with Joe's sister Ann and her husband Mark Lawrence of Kennewick, Washington operated a food concession at the fair that served a combination of chili and corn chips that they dubbed the "Petro", a name derived from "petroleum" to honor the energy theme of the 1982 World's Fair.