Knoxville Expo Center - Knoxville, Tennessee

Sherri A.

STAFF: Great Maint staff keeps old bldg and lot clean. Friendly and helpful bldg staff. Perhaps the kindest I have seen.

NOISE: Very old building with an old parking lot. (Imagine large 1980s concert or boxing venue with stands removed). Large inside area with seperate shows divided only by curtains, can make it very noisy for vendors near the curtain, especially on days when unused area is busy breaking down, dropping metal poles, and dragging displays all day with zero sound barrier or consideration for active vendors who paid about $1500 per booth to have audible conversations. That's not nessesarily the facility's fault or responsibility, but some sound control between show areas would help vendors recoup their costs and come back. Vendors should consider avoiding the thin "curtain wall" area in a biilding with zero sound buffering if your booth rent is high.

REVENUE / ROI: Some shows presented here are free to the public so foot traffic can be there just out of boredom. For cheap "yard sale" shows that's less of a problem. Vendors at Home Shows sometimes still pay an inexplicably high rental rate for "free" shows without getting highest returns from window shopping guests just there for "free" swag and "free" entertainment. Think early Fri morning discount ticket crowd all weekend. Again, that's not up to the facility - just 2025 booth renting vendor ROI info for consideration. High ticket vendors might ask about entry fees and expect diluted results from a non-paying crowd.

Jessica &. G. T.

Had the annual safety meeting for Harrison's on Saturday 02/01/25 & we were there all day from 7-3:30. It is a comfortable place, clean bathroom & a good staff. The day's highlight was definitely the REALLY, REALLY GOOD LUNCH. Cooked & delivered by a catering company I would definitely 4-5**s recommend. Apologies to the caterers, but can't recall their name. They smoked their BBQ Pork over 10 hrs, paired with their Homemade Slaw, Baked Beans & Homemade Banana Pudding for dessert... DELICIOUS ! They set lunch up buffet style, self-serve, eat as much as you want, while you politely remember that around 150, (OR maybe more than that), hungry co-workers had to eat too. Went outside & shared lunch with my wife🦋Jessica. We ate & enjoyed the nice warmer weather 🌤️. Btw, she's typing this review for y'all.💯 ***** 👷🏻👱🏻‍♀️GJTuck🙏🏻

Jim C.

I attended the Cabin Fever 2022 Car Show at the Expo center. Really enjoyed the cars friendly folks. Well organized and nice lay out. Plenty of cars, clean restrooms. My only complaint was the show room was packed in some areas. Not a lot of space in-between cars. But that's probably a good thing. Cost was $10.00 admission t shirts $15.00. Some food items and drinks available for purchase. Lots of free parking outside.

William W.

Attended the East Tennessee fishing show and Expo! Good facility overall. Parking lot is in need of revision. Easy access.

Becky C.

Nice place to go with your family and friends and enjoy walking around the place to find good deals.they always here different stuff here this weekend was the car show.

Melissa D.

Great location!! Would recommend adding additional bathrooms but the venue was laid out great inside easily able to maneuver around.

Kyle C.

We held an RV show here and had a great show. Place was great plenty of vendors including us here at Day Bro RV Sales.

Rene' N. H.

Very nice venue. Multiple rooms for our conference. All very well maintained.
Should have scraped the parking lot of snow for us but how often does that happen.