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.

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Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center
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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
Location of Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center
Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center

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
Recorded location of Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center
FieldValue
Latitude35.951167
Longitude-83.925028
CityKnoxville
RegionKnoxville
CountryUnited States
OpenStreetMap objectNot recorded
Footprint geometryNot yet exported by the pipeline

Naming rights

No naming history is recorded for this venue.

Ownership and operation

Owners and operators of Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center, past and present
RoleOrganizationPeriodStatusConfidenceSource
OwnerUniversity of TennesseePresentCurrentWikipedia infoboxSource
OperatorUniversity of TennesseePresentCurrentWikipedia infoboxSource
OperatorUniversity of TehranPresentCurrentWikipedia infoboxSource

Tenants

Tenants of Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center and the competitions they play in
TenantCompetitionsPeriodStatusSource
Tennessee Lady VolsNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
Tennessee VolunteersNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
Tennessee Volunteers basketballNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
Tennessee Volunteers basketballNot mapped1987 to presentCurrentSource
Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketballNot mapped1987 to presentCurrentSource
2007–08 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball teamNot mapped1987 to presentCurrentSource
2007–08 Tennessee Volunteers basketball teamNot mapped1987 to presentCurrentSource
2008–09 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball teamNot mapped1987 to presentCurrentSource
2008–09 Tennessee Volunteers basketball teamNot mapped1987 to presentCurrentSource
2009–10 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball teamNot mapped1987 to presentCurrentSource
2009–10 Tennessee Volunteers basketball teamNot mapped1987 to presentCurrentSource
2010–11 Tennessee Volunteers basketball teamNot mapped1987 to presentCurrentSource
2011–12 Tennessee Volunteers basketball teamNot mapped1987 to presentCurrentSource
2012–13 Tennessee Volunteers basketball teamNot mapped1987 to presentCurrentSource
2013–14 Tennessee Volunteers basketball teamNot mapped1987 to presentCurrentSource
2013–14 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball teamNot mapped1987 to presentCurrentSource
2014–15 Tennessee Volunteers basketball teamNot mapped1987 to presentCurrentSource
2014–15 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball teamNot mapped1987 to presentCurrentSource
2015–16 Tennessee Volunteers men's basketball teamNot mapped1987 to presentCurrentSource
2015–16 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball teamNot mapped1987 to presentCurrentSource
2016–17 Tennessee Volunteers men's basketball teamNot mapped1987 to presentCurrentSource
2016–17 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball teamNot mapped1987 to presentCurrentSource
2017–18 Tennessee Volunteers basketball teamNot mapped1987 to presentCurrentSource
2018–19 Tennessee Volunteers basketball teamNot mapped1987 to presentCurrentSource
2018–19 Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball teamNot mapped1987 to presentCurrentSource

Recorded changes

32 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.

Change log for Thompson-Boling Arena at Food City Center
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23 September 2026venueswikipedia_revidnot set13723899742026-09
23 September 2026venueswikipedia_titleThompson–Boling_ArenaThompson–Boling Arena2026-09
20 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set223212026-09
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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:

Row-level sources used for this venue:

Wikipedia article: Thompson–Boling Arena (revision 1372389974). Wikidata item: Q3525746.