Sunsphere

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landmark observation tower tourist attraction

The Sunsphere is a 266-foot-tall, gold-glass observation tower built as the symbol of the 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
ArcelorMittal Orbit	2
Sunsphere observation tower	2
Sunsphere observation deck	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	landmark ⓘ observation tower ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
architecturalStyle	modern ⓘ
associatedEvent	Knoxville International Energy Exposition ⓘ
associatedWith	World's Fair Park ⓘ
category	Buildings and structures in Knoxville, Tennessee ⓘ Towers in Tennessee ⓘ World's fair architecture ⓘ
city	Knoxville, Tennessee ⓘ surface form: Knoxville
citySymbolOf	Knoxville, Tennessee ⓘ surface form: Knoxville
color	gold ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: USA United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
designedAs	focal point of the 1982 World's Fair ⓘ
event	1982 World's Fair ⓘ
feature	observation deck ⓘ spherical top ⓘ
floorCount	multiple levels in the sphere ⓘ
function	observation deck ⓘ
hasElevator	yes ⓘ
hasObservationDeck	yes ⓘ
height	266 feet ⓘ 81 meters ⓘ
latitude	approximate 35.964° N ⓘ
locatedIn	World's Fair Park ⓘ
location	Knoxville, Tennessee ⓘ
longitude	approximate 83.920° W ⓘ
material	gold-colored glass ⓘ steel ⓘ
name	Sunsphere self-link ⓘ
notableFor	gold-glass sphere ⓘ panoramic views of Knoxville ⓘ
openingDate	1982 ⓘ
owner	Knoxville, Tennessee ⓘ surface form: City of Knoxville
publicAccess	yes ⓘ
purpose	symbol of the 1982 World's Fair ⓘ
region	Tennessee (eastern portion) ⓘ surface form: East Tennessee
shape	sphere ⓘ
state	Tennessee ⓘ
themeOfAssociatedEvent	energy ⓘ
usedAs	event space ⓘ observation space ⓘ
yearCompleted	1982 ⓘ

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

Anish Kapoor → creatorOf → Sunsphere ⓘ

this entity surface form: ArcelorMittal Orbit

World's Fair Park → hasAttraction → Sunsphere ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sunsphere observation deck

Downtown Knoxville → hasLandmark → Sunsphere ⓘ

World's Fair Park → hasLandmark → Sunsphere ⓘ

World's Fair Park → hasStructure → Sunsphere ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sunsphere observation tower

Knoxville, Tennessee → isHomeTo → Sunsphere ⓘ

World's Fair Park → knownFor → Sunsphere ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sunsphere observation tower

1982 World's Fair → legacyStructure → Sunsphere ⓘ

1982 World's Fair → mainLandmarkCreated → Sunsphere ⓘ

Sunsphere → name → Sunsphere self-link ⓘ

Tennessee Amphitheater → near → Sunsphere ⓘ

Knoxville Convention Center → nearbyLandmark → Sunsphere ⓘ

Knoxville International Energy Exposition → notableStructure → Sunsphere ⓘ

Anish Kapoor → notableWork → Sunsphere ⓘ

this entity surface form: ArcelorMittal Orbit