Thompson–Boling Arena at Food City Center is a multi-purpose arena on the campus of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee. The arena opened in 1987. It is home to the Tennessee Volunteers (men) and Lady Vols (women) basketball teams. Since 2008, it has been home to the Lady Vols volleyball team. It is named after B. Ray Thompson and former university president Edward J. Boling. The basketball court is named "The Summitt" after the late Lady Vols basketball coach Pat Summitt. It replaced the Stokely Athletic Center. The mammoth octagonal building lies just northwest of the Tennessee River, and just southwest of Neyland Stadium. As an echo of its neighbor and a tribute to the brick-and-mortar pattern atop Ayres Hall, the baselines of the court are painted in the familiar orange-and-white checkerboard pattern.
Location | 1600 Phillip Fulmer Way
Knoxville, Tennessee 37916 |
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Coordinates | 35°57′4.2″N 83°55′30.1″W
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Owner | University of Tennessee
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Operator | University of Tennessee
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Capacity | 21,678 (2007–present)
24,535 (1987–2007) |
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Surface | Wooden Court
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Broke ground | November 2, 1983
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Opened | December 3, 1987
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Renovated | 2007
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Construction cost | $40 million
($90 million in 2019 dollars) |
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Architect | GSCD, Inc. Architects
Cideco Architecture & Planning Inc. |
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Structural engineer | Ross H. Bryan Engineers Inc.
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General contractor | Ray Bell & Associates Construction
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