Info for Gameday Visitors to Knoxville

[Volgrad98]

To all visitors coming to Knoxville for the first time or returning, here is a quick reference for some of the things to do and where to stay. This info has been compiled from members' posts here at VolNation.

Hotels:
(There are more hotels in Knoxville and it's surrounding areas but these are a good place to start.)
Four Points Sheraton/Cumberland House - White Ave
Hilton Downtown - W. Church Ave
Hampton Inn - W. Main St
Holiday Inn @ Conv. Center - Henley St

-->More Hotels

* If you want to stay downtown, most everywhere requires two night minimum booking.
* Turkey Creek area offers shuttle service to and from the game.

Tailgaiting and Restaurants:
Fraternity row
The Old City
Calhouns down on the river
The Roaming Gnome on The Strip ($1 drinks from 9-10)
Cool beans and Hannahs
The Copper Cellar
The Sunspot (on Cumberland)
Old College Inn
Long Branch Saloon (on campus)
Ye Olde Steak House (on Chapman hwy)
The Tin Roof (or whatever the old o'charley's is going to be)
Toddy's Backdoor is a UT landmark... 3 miles west of campus on Kingston Pike(cumberland)
Half Barrel (Solid drink specials from 4 to 10 everyday. 2.50 wells, dollar off premiums, dollar off all beers, and a special 2 dollar pint of the day plus the best 25 cent wings you can imagine)

Traditions to check out and general advice:
Vol Navy next to the stadium
The VolWalk a couple hours before the game
Parade of the UT Band into the stadium
Running through the "T" before kickoff

* Get out early Friday night if you want a table anywhere.
* If you plan to tailgate stake your area out early as well.You are much better off and will have more fun if you just find an established tailgate to party with.
* Check out the river area before the game!

You can read up more and post questions here on existing threads:
-->Thread 1
-->Thread 2
-->Thread 3

Parking:
-->Campus Map(pdf)
-->UT Knoxville Parking and Transit Services
-->Parking Policies
-->City offering free parking downtown on game days(News Article)

Seating:
-->Virtual Neyland

Ticket Questions
-->Forum-Tennessee Vols Tickets

More General Information:
-->Welcome to Game Day at Neyland Stadium

Hopefully this is helpful for those coming to Knoxville, enjoy your visit and remember...

GO VOLS!!!

[Orange Venom]

wheres the best place to go after the game besides calhouns

[VOLinNCsayWHAAAT]

FYI -The Marriot is great as well.

Originally Posted by Volgrad98

To all visitors coming to Knoxville for the first time or returning, here is a quick reference to some of the things to do and where to stay. This info has been compiled from members' posts here at VolNation.

Hotels:
Four Points Sheraton/Cumberland House - White Ave
Hilton Downtown - W. Church Ave
Hampton Inn - W. Main St
Holiday Inn @ Conv. Center - Henley St
(There are more hotels in Knoxville and it's surrounding areas but these are a good place to start.)

If you want to stay downtown, most everywhere requires two night minimum booking.
Turkey Creek area offers shuttle service to and from the game.

Tailgaiting and Restaurants:
Fraternity row
The Old City
Calhouns down on the river (Check out the river area before the game.)
The Roaming Gnome on The Strip ($1 drinks from 9-10)
Cool beans and Hannahs
The Copper Cellar
The Sunspot (on Cumberland)
Old College Inn
Long Branch Saloon (on campus)
Ye Olde Steak House (on Chapman hwy)
The Tin Roof (or whatever the old o'charley's is going to be)
Toddy's Backdoor is a UT landmark... 3 miles west of campus on Kingston Pike(cumberland)
Half Barrel (Solid drink specials from 4 to 10 everyday. 2.50 wells, dollar off premiums, dollar off all beers, and a special 2 dollar pint of the day plus the best 25 cent wings you can imagine)

Traditions to check out and general advice:
Vol Navy next to the stadium
The VolWalk a couple hours before the game
Parade of the UT Band into the stadium is a can't-miss for a first-timer to Neyland
Running through the "T" before kickoff.
Get out early Friday night if you want a table anywhere. If you plan to tailgate stake your area out early as well.You are much better off and will have more fun if you just find an established tailgate to party with.

Parking:
Here's a map: http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/...arking-map.pdf

You can read up more here on existing threads:
http://www.volnation.com/forum/tenne...ings-ucla.html
http://www.volnation.com/forum/tenne...lace-stay.html
http://www.volnation.com/forum/tenne...-football.html

Hopefully this is helpful to those coming into Knoxville, enjoy your visit and remember...

GO VOLS!!!

[doozer]

also

http://www.volnation.com/forum/pub/6...le-merged.html

[VOLinNCsayWHAAAT]

After the game is up in the air depending what time the game is. I always liked Copper Celler, Cool Beans and Hannah's on the strip but the Old City has a lot of great night life (slightly older than college crowd). But I haven't been able to make it to Kville in a year so I am sure others will have more current info.

Originally Posted by Orange Venom

wheres the best place to go after the game besides calhouns

[Arclight]

VOLS Game Day Page

[Volgrad98]

Originally Posted by Arclight

VOLS Game Day Page

That link is already up there under general info. Different title same page.

[OrangeMoq]

Thank you so much volgrad!!!!!!! Luv ur avatar by the way...Im going to my first game september 12 vs UCLA...i was going to start a thread asking about all this

[onevolfan]

Don't forget the Downtown Grill & Brewery.

[BAS Vol]

I'm looking for some parking advice for the WKY game. I'm driving an old renovated bus up to Knoxville and wanted to park it in the parking lot across from where I used to live at the intersection of Agee and Clinch (across from Sam's Party Store). I was told the parking lot is on a first come basis and would be around $40/spot (probably need a couple spots). Does anyone know of this parking lot and can verify how it normally operates? If not, does anyone know of other spots for buses/rv's close to campus where you pay on game day. I am hoping to get up there Friday night and move into a spot asap.

[labronmorgan]

I'm also wondering about parking..... I'm planning on riding my Motorcycle and don't know about parking locations of bikes... Please Help........

[Volgrad98]

For you guys asking about parking, I added some more links under "Parking" to help answer your questions. You might have to call around if you have more specific questions. Hopefully this helps.

[bwilli40]

Most places are first come first serve. Closer to the strip you get the more of a probability it is they have been reserved. Do not park on campus!!!! all the spots are reserved and the spots that arent will only get you ticketed by a "docuhebags/ UTPD/KPD" All one in the same. Best bet is to park and walk. get there early and hang on the strip.

[volsguy26]

Originally Posted by onevolfan

Don't forget the Downtown Grill & Brewery.

Good choice!!

[wkhardplayhard]

Parking at UT is pretty easy, but the getting out part is not the fun part. If you could wait approx. 30 to 45 minutes after the game, the traffic usually has calmed down some, if you can't wait, you'll probably spend anywhere from 25 to 45 minutes waiting in traffic. But it's worth it if they win!