Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center
Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center is a arena in Knoxville, United States that opened in 1987. Its recorded capacity is 21,678.
Key facts
Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center is a arena in Knoxville, United States that opened in 1987. Its recorded capacity is 21,678. It is owned by University of Tennessee. It is operated by University of Tennessee and University of Tehran. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Tennessee Lady Vols, Tennessee Volunteers, Tennessee Volunteers basketball, Tennessee Volunteers basketball, Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball, 2007–08 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team, 2007–08 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team, 2008–09 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team, 2008–09 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team, 2009–10 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team, 2009–10 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team, 2010–11 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team, 2011–12 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team, 2012–13 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team, 2013–14 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team, 2013–14 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team, 2014–15 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team, 2014–15 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team, 2015–16 Tennessee Volunteers men's basketball team, 2015–16 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team, 2016–17 Tennessee Volunteers men's basketball team, 2016–17 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team, 2017–18 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team, 2018–19 Tennessee Volunteers basketball team, 2018–19 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball team.
- Location
- Knoxville, United States
- Type
- Arena
- Capacity
- 21,678
- Opened
- 1987
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- University of Tennessee
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center is at latitude 35.951167, longitude -83.925028, in Knoxville, United States. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 35.951167 |
| Longitude | -83.925028 |
| City | Knoxville |
| Region | Knoxville |
| Country | United States |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Naming rights
No naming history is recorded for this venue.
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | University of Tennessee | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | University of Tennessee | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | University of Tehran | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
Recorded changes
32 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2026 | venue_roles | (deleted) | 34806 | not set | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 34808 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 34807 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 34806 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 31013 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 31012 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 31011 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372389974 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Thompson–Boling_Arena | Thompson–Boling Arena | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 22321 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15355 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15354 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15353 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15352 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15351 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15350 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15349 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15348 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15347 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15346 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15345 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15344 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15343 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15342 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15341 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15340 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15339 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15338 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15337 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15336 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15335 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 15334 | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: