Area residents are invited to a second open house information session on the proposed multi-use stadium project – 10 a.m.-Noon on Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021, at the Knoxville Expo Center, 5441 Clinton Highway.

Partners, stakeholders and designers will have information on hand to describe the concepts of the multi-use stadium, proposed to be publicly financed and publicly owned by the City of Knoxville and Knox County.

Come to part or all of the drop-in two-hour open house this Saturday, Aug. 7.

The stadium just east of the Old City would be the site of hundreds of events each year – professional baseball and soccer games, but also concerts, festivals and other community events. Advocates say the project will create jobs and encourage new private investment in East Knoxville. 

As part of a larger redevelopment effort around the stadium, GEM Community Development Group, the private partner to Boyd Sports and the Tennessee Smokies, is planning to invest more than $100 million to build apartments, condos, space for a grocery, restaurants, retail space and offices in East Knoxville.

The project is awaiting an economic impact analysis and other detail work by the Sports Authority. If the independent data supports going forward and the City and County authorize it, a best-case scenario calls for construction possibly beginning within a year and the multi-use stadium opening for community use and events in 2024.