Wikidata is busy right now, so this page shows its main facts from a mirror of Wikidata, without sources or qualifiers. The full fact list will be back shortly.

Image: Wikimedia Commons

Sunsphere

Observation tower in Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

Entityobservation towerQ1501055

Also known as Knoxville Sunsphere · Sunsphere Tower

Instance of: observation tower
Country: United States
Located in: Knoxville
Founded: 1982
Website: worldsfairpark.org/sunsphere

All data

36 statements · 0% with external sources · numbers in brackets are citations

Number of elevators: 3
Height: 81.07 m
266 ft
Width: 110 ft
Budget: $4M
Patronage: 10.8M
Postal code: 37902
Street address: 810 Clinch Ave, Knoxville, TN 37902
Made from material: steel
glass
Has facility: restaurant
observation deck
event venue
Significant event: 1982 World's Fair
start of construction
end of construction
Architectural style: modern architecture
high-tech architecture
Location: World's Fair Park

On other databases

11 identifiers linking Sunsphere across the web's reference databases

Data quality

statements

externally sourced

Suggest a fact or correction

Links

Use this data

curl https://aidb.si/api/v1/entities/Q1501055

API docs, limits & keys

Cite this page

AIDb. (2026). Sunsphere (Q1501055). Retrieved from https://aidb.si/e/sunsphere-Q1501055