Big Orange Bash 18!
Knoxville, Tennessee
Saturday June 3, 2023
As you all know, BOB got hit by a double whammy -- COVID and construction! Hollingsworth Auditorium and its two adjacent buildings got torn down and are being replaced by a large building that will contain an auditorium considerably larger than Hollingsworth. It should be ready for occupancy some time in 2024.
> NEWS FLASH 1/17/2023 -- Carol has found a temporary venue for holding BOB in 2023 while we wait for the new building! It's the Kerbela Shriners Temple near downtown Knoxville! BOB will be a double-judged one day show! ...And as always, we greatly appreciate your enthusiasm and loyalty!
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Directions!
> NEWS FLASH 1/17/2023 - BOB will be held at the Kerbela Shrine
> Temple in June 2023. Please ignore this page of Parking and
> Directions until we can post the corrected information. Thanks!!
BOB -- directions to the show hall
Hollingsworth Auditorium is a building on the University of Tennessee's Agriculture campus, just west of the main campus in Knoxville. Its street address is 2431 Joe Johnson Drive. The nearby intersection on Joe Johnson Drive has these GPS decimal degree coordinates: N 35.94746, W 83.93987.
Coming from the west on I-40 / I-75
--Stay on I-40 past the junction with I-75 / I-640 (Exit 385).
--Then get in the right lane (if you aren't already) on I-40.
--Get off I-40 at Exit 386B, "US 129, Alcoa Hwy, Smoky Mtns".
--Get off US 129 at the exit marked "TN 158, Neyland Drive, Univ of Tenn".
--At the bottom of the ramp, turn left onto Neyland Drive. Stay in the left lane on Neyland Drive.
--After about a quarter mile, turn left at the traffic light onto Joe Johnson Drive, which enters the University's Agriculture Campus.
--Proceed about a quarter mile. Watch for our signs to the show hall unloading zone (left) and parking lot (right).
Coming from the north on I-75
--After Exit 108 (Merchant Dr) get in either of the left lanes.
--Incredibly, there are very few signs for I-275, so follow the signs for "Exit 3, I-640 East, Asheville".
--However, don't actually get off at Exit 3, but instead go straight (bear left), and there will finally be a sign indicating you are now on I-275 towards downtown Knoxville.
--As you approach downtown, get in the middle lane on I-275.
--Follow the signs for "West I-40 to South I-75" which will be a left split.
--After the split, get in the right lane (if you aren't already) and get off I-40 at "Exit 386B, US 129, Alcoa Hwy, Airport, Smoky Mtns".
--Helpful note: you can safely stay in the right lane despite the "exit only" indication for 17th St, and another "exit only" indication for Sutherland Ave.
--Get off US 129 at the exit marked "TN 158, Neyland Drive, Univ of Tenn".
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--At the bottom of the ramp, turn left onto Neyland Drive. Stay in the left lane on Neyland Drive.
--After about a quarter mile, turn left at the traffic light onto Joe Johnson Drive, which enters the University's Agriculture Campus.
--Proceed about a quarter mile. Watch for our signs to the show hall unloading zone (left) and parking lot (right).
Coming from the south on US 129 / Alcoa Hwy (airport vicinity)
--After passing the UT Hospital, get in the right lane on the bridge over the Tennessee River.
--Get off US 129 at the exit marked "TN 158, Neyland Drive, Univ of Tenn".
--At the bottom of the ramp, turn left onto Neyland Drive. Stay in the left lane on Neyland Drive.
--After about a quarter mile, turn left at the traffic light onto Joe Johnson Drive, which enters the University's Agriculture Campus.
--Proceed about a quarter mile. Watch for our signs to the show hall unloading zone (left) and parking lot (right).
Coming from the east on I-40
--After Exit 398 (Strawberry Plains Pk), get in the middle lane.
--At the junction with I-640 (Exit 393), follow the signs for "West I-40" which will be a left split.
--After Exit 390 (Cherry St), get in the right lane on I-40.
--Get off I-40 at Exit 388A, "West TN 158 to South US 441, James White Pky, Downtown, Univ of Tenn".
--Helpful note: you can safely stay in the right lane on James White Parkway despite various "exit only" indications.
--The name changes from James White Parkway to Neyland Drive at the riverfront.
--After passing UT's football stadium and basketball arena, continue along Neyland Drive about a mile and a half. Stay in the right lane on Neyland Drive.
--Turn right at the traffic light onto Joe Johnson Drive, which enters the University's Agriculture Campus.
--Proceed about a quarter mile. Watch for our signs to the show hall unloading zone (left) and parking lot (right).