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Last weekend I drove across the mountains to Knoxville TN for a stamp show. Did the show Saturday afternoon and spent the night at a nearby hotel. On Sunday, I went downtown and looked around for a few hours before driving home.
The big attraction there is the site of the 1982 World's Fair, which is now a park. Only two of the fair's structures remain: The Sunsphere (an observation tower), and the Tennessee Amphitheater which is used for concerts etc. It's the tent-like structure in the second picture below.
The weather was obviously nice, so I went up in the Sunsphere. You have to buy a ticket online in advance, for a specific half-hour time slot. I bought mine about 15 minutes beforehand. You don't get a tangible ticket as a PDF file or QR code or whatever. An attendant comes down in the elevator at the beginning of the time slot, and checks your name against a list. I suppose if there's a problem, you can show your confirmation e-mail.
The view is nice, although not spectacular. The mountains are a bit too far away. Also, the gold-tinted windows mess up the colors.
In the second picture, the University of Tennessee is to the right. Downtown Knoxville is out of view to the left.
The big attraction there is the site of the 1982 World's Fair, which is now a park. Only two of the fair's structures remain: The Sunsphere (an observation tower), and the Tennessee Amphitheater which is used for concerts etc. It's the tent-like structure in the second picture below.
The weather was obviously nice, so I went up in the Sunsphere. You have to buy a ticket online in advance, for a specific half-hour time slot. I bought mine about 15 minutes beforehand. You don't get a tangible ticket as a PDF file or QR code or whatever. An attendant comes down in the elevator at the beginning of the time slot, and checks your name against a list. I suppose if there's a problem, you can show your confirmation e-mail.
The view is nice, although not spectacular. The mountains are a bit too far away. Also, the gold-tinted windows mess up the colors.
In the second picture, the University of Tennessee is to the right. Downtown Knoxville is out of view to the left.