Sunsphere
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The Sunsphere is a tall hexagonal steel truss structure located in World's Fair Park in downtown Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. It is topped with the gold-colored glass sphere that served as the symbol of the 1982 World's Fair. Directly across a man-made pond from the Tennessee Amphitheater, they are the only remaining structures from the fair.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- observation tower
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Knoxville
- Material used
- steel
- Official website
- www.worldsfairpark.org/sunsphere
- Image
- Sunsphere 01.jpg
- Height
- 81.07
- Width
- 110.00
- Significant event
- 1982 World's Fair
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- inception
- 1982-00-00
- Commons category
- Sunsphere
- has facility
- restaurant
- number of elevators
- 3
- patronage
- 10800000
- architectural style
- high-tech architecture
- street address
- 810 Clinch Ave, Knoxville, TN 37902
- postal code
- 37902
- capital cost
- 4000000
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