With nearly 6.2 million square feet of downtown office space, Knoxville is home to many corporate leaders and hundreds of service, entertainment, retail, and financial and professional businesses. The Knoxville-Oak Ridge Innovation Valley region is considered a prime business location in the Southeast. Downtown Knoxville is also a place where business gets done in East Tennessee.
EVENTS IN KNOXVILLE
Knoxville Dinner Meeting Locations
- The Peerless Restaurant (Tennessee’s oldest independent restaurant, known for its signature butcher-cut aged premium steaks and fresh seafood)
- Bistro by the Tracks (recipient of Wine Spectator’s Award of Excellence, 2010)
- The Orangery (offering a fusion of French classics and international specialties)
- The Grill at Highlands Row (a locally owned and operated steak and seafood restaurant featuring sophisticated Southern cuisine)
- Chesapeake’s (reminiscent of a traditional Chesapeake Bay seafood restaurant)
- The Chop House (one of the premier casual restaurant concepts in the Southeast)
- Hilton Knoxville’s restaurant
- The Orange Martini
- Baker Peters Fine Dining & Lounge (known for live music and Nouveau American cuisine)
- Season’s Cafe and Bistro (offering innovative American cuisine served in a casually sophisticated atmosphere)
- Sullivan’s Fine Food (known for fresh homemade food using “made from scratch” recipes)
- The Grill at Highlands Row (a locally owned and operated steak and seafood favorite)
- Brazeiros Churrascaria (an authentic steakhouse from Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil)
- Copper Cellar (located adjacent to the main campus of the University of Tennessee)
- Lakeside Tavern (a West Knoxville favorite featuring hand-cut, aged Grand Champion Angus steaks and fresh dockside seafood)
- Louis Restaurant (family-owned and an icon of great food in North Knoxville for over 50 years)
- Ruth’s Chris Steak House
- Fleming’s Prime Steakhouse & Wine Bar
Knoxville’s Visitor Attractions
In 2008, Forbes Magazine placed Knoxville among the “Top 10 Metropolitan Hotspots” in the US and within Forbes’ “Top 5 for Business & Careers.” One of the area’s most popular pursuits is the Tennessee Volunteers football. The team plays home games at historic Neyland Stadium, with a 102,455-seat capacity.
Knoxville’s other visitor attractions include:
- Several museums
- World’s Fair Park
- The site of the 1982 World’s Fair
- The Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame
The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the nation’s most popular, visited by more than 9 million people annually, is located approximately 40 miles Southeast of Knoxville.