Thompson–Boling Arena

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entertainment venue indoor arena multi-purpose arena sports venue

Thompson–Boling Arena is a large multi-purpose indoor sports and entertainment venue located on the University of Tennessee campus in Knoxville.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Thompson–Boling Arena canonical	11
Thompson–Boling Arena at Food City Center	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T85790 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Thompson–Boling Arena
Context triple: [Knoxville, Tennessee, isHomeTo, Thompson–Boling Arena]

A. Bright-Landry Hockey Center
Bright-Landry Hockey Center is an ice hockey arena at Harvard University that serves as the home venue for the Harvard Crimson men's and women's ice hockey teams.
B. Gill Coliseum
Gill Coliseum is a multi-purpose indoor arena on the campus of Oregon State University in Corvallis, primarily serving as the home venue for the university’s basketball and other athletic programs.
C. Cable Dahmer Arena
Cable Dahmer Arena is a multi-purpose indoor venue in Independence, Missouri, hosting professional sports events, concerts, and other large-scale entertainment activities.
D. Johnson Athletic Center
Johnson Athletic Center is an indoor sports and recreation facility on the MIT campus that hosts the MIT Engineers’ athletic events and training.
E. Spangler Center
Spangler Center is a central student and community hub at Harvard Business School that houses dining, study, and social spaces for MBA students.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Thompson–Boling Arena
Target entity description: Thompson–Boling Arena is a large multi-purpose indoor sports and entertainment venue located on the University of Tennessee campus in Knoxville.

A. Bright-Landry Hockey Center
Bright-Landry Hockey Center is an ice hockey arena at Harvard University that serves as the home venue for the Harvard Crimson men's and women's ice hockey teams.
B. Gill Coliseum
Gill Coliseum is a multi-purpose indoor arena on the campus of Oregon State University in Corvallis, primarily serving as the home venue for the university’s basketball and other athletic programs.
C. Cable Dahmer Arena
Cable Dahmer Arena is a multi-purpose indoor venue in Independence, Missouri, hosting professional sports events, concerts, and other large-scale entertainment activities.
D. Johnson Athletic Center
Johnson Athletic Center is an indoor sports and recreation facility on the MIT campus that hosts the MIT Engineers’ athletic events and training.
E. Spangler Center
Spangler Center is a central student and community hub at Harvard Business School that houses dining, study, and social spaces for MBA students.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	entertainment venue ⓘ indoor arena ⓘ multi-purpose arena ⓘ sports venue ⓘ
category	College basketball venues in the United States ⓘ Indoor arenas in Tennessee ⓘ Music venues in Tennessee ⓘ Sports venues in Knoxville, Tennessee ⓘ
city	Knoxville, Tennessee ⓘ surface form: Knoxville
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasAccessibility	wheelchair accessible seating ⓘ
hasFacility	concession stands ⓘ locker rooms ⓘ press facilities ⓘ
hasFunction	host NCAA basketball games ⓘ host SEC basketball games ⓘ
hasParking	adjacent parking garages ⓘ
hasScoreboardType	center-hung scoreboard ⓘ
hasTenants	Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball ⓘ surface form: Tennessee Lady Volunteers Tennessee Volunteers ⓘ
homeVenueOf	Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball ⓘ Tennessee Volunteers ⓘ surface form: Tennessee Volunteers men’s basketball Tennessee Volunteers volleyball ⓘ
locatedIn	Knoxville, Tennessee ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
locatedOnCampusOf	University of Tennessee, Knoxville ⓘ surface form: University of Tennessee
namedAfter	B. Ray Thompson ⓘ Charles R. Boling ⓘ
near	Neyland Stadium ⓘ Tennessee River ⓘ
opened	1987 ⓘ
openingDate	1987-12-03 ⓘ
operatedBy	University of Tennessee, Knoxville ⓘ surface form: University of Tennessee
ownedBy	University of Tennessee system ⓘ surface form: University of Tennessee
partOf	University of Tennessee, Knoxville ⓘ surface form: University of Tennessee Knoxville campus
region	Southern United States ⓘ surface form: Southeastern United States
renovated	2007 ⓘ
seatingCapacityApproximate	21000 ⓘ
seatingCapacityForBasketball	21000+ ⓘ
state	Tennessee ⓘ
surfaceType	hardwood court ⓘ
underwentRenovation	late 2000s ⓘ
usedFor	basketball ⓘ concerts ⓘ graduation ceremonies ⓘ other indoor sports ⓘ volleyball ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Knoxville, Tennessee → isHomeTo → Thompson–Boling Arena ⓘ

Tennessee Volunteers athletics program → basketballArena → Thompson–Boling Arena ⓘ

Tennessee Lady Volunteers basketball → homeArena → Thompson–Boling Arena ⓘ

University of Tennessee, Knoxville → primaryBasketballArena → Thompson–Boling Arena ⓘ

Tennessee Volunteers → basketballHomeArena → Thompson–Boling Arena ⓘ

Volunteers → homeArenaBasketball → Thompson–Boling Arena ⓘ

subject surface form: Tennessee Volunteers

Tennessee orange → visualIdentityElementOf → Thompson–Boling Arena ⓘ

Down the Field → performedAt → Thompson–Boling Arena ⓘ

Rocky Top Rowdies → homeArenaSupported → Thompson–Boling Arena ⓘ

this entity surface form: Thompson–Boling Arena at Food City Center

B. Ray Thompson → hasNamesake → Thompson–Boling Arena ⓘ

Charles R. Boling → honoredBy → Thompson–Boling Arena ⓘ

Charles R. Boling → nameIncorporatedIn → Thompson–Boling Arena ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

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