Big Orange Bash #20!

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Note - Most hotels want a firm commitment of at least 15 rooms before agreeing to offer a discounted rate for rooms.  This is why BOB has never had a "chosen" hotel.

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There are dozens of hotels in Knoxville.

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On the west side, popular exits for hotels on I-40 / I-75 are:

  --Exit 374  (Lovell Road and the Turkey Creek shopping area)

  --Exit 378  (Cedar Bluff Road)

  --Exit 380  (West Hills)

  --Exit 383  (Papermill Drive).

Of these, Exit 383 is closest.

 

On the north side, popular exits for hotels on I-75 are:

  --Exit 108  (Merchant Drive)

  --Exit 112  (Emory Road).

Of these, Exit 108 is closest.

 

Since the show hall is typically reached by using Exit 386 on I-40 (which is just west of the unnumbered "Exit 0" at the southern end of I-275), the Saturday morning drive times from most of these exits will range from 10 to 20 minutes.

 

To help with your initial planning, here are the names of several hotels we saw by enlarging the overhead views of those areas in Google Maps.  Obviously these are not complete lists!  Also, we don't know which hotels are better than others.

 

Hoping this helps!   :-)

 

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A.  Close to UT campus, approx 1 mile from show hall:

 

 --Graduate by Hilton

 

 --Cumberland House by Hilton

 

 

B.  Downtown Knoxville, approx 2 to 3 miles from show hall:

 

 --Knoxville Hilton

 

 --Embassy Suites

 

 --The Tennessean

 

 --Hampton Inn & Suites

 

 --Marriott

 

 --Hyatt Place

 

 --Crowne Plaza

 

 --Residence Inn

 

 

C.  Exit 383 on I-40 / I-75, Papermill Drive, approx 5 miles west of show hall:

 

 --Hampton Inn & Suites

 

 --LaQuinta Inn & Suites

 

 --Hilton Garden Inn

 

 --Courtyard

 

 --Red Roof Inn

 

 --Holiday Inn Express & Suites

 

 

D.  Exit 108 on I-75, Merchant Drive, approx 6 miles north of show hall:

 

 --Clarion Inn & Suites

 

 --MainStay Suites

 

 --Fairfield

 

 --Holiday Inn

 

 --Motel 6

 

 --Super 8

 

 --Spark

 

 --Comfort Suites

 

 --Quality Inn

 

 --Best Western

 

 --Hampton Inn

 

 

E.  Exit 380 on I-40 / 75, West Hills / Kingston Pike, approx 8 miles west of show hall:

 

 --Comfort Inn & Suites

 

 --Extended Stay America Suites

 

 

F.  Exit 112 on I-75, Emory Road, approx 10 miles north of show hall:

 

 --Super 8

 

 

G.  Exit 378 on I-40 / 75, Cedar Bluff Road, approx 10 miles west of show hall:

 

 --Hampton Inn

 

 --Drury Inn & Suites

 

 --Holiday Inn

 

 --Days Inn

 

 --Quality Inn

 

 --Baymont

 

 --Hilton Garden Inn

 

 --Home2 Suites

 

 --Element

 

 

H.  Exit 374 on I-40 / 75, Lovell Road (and Turkey Creek shopping area), approx 14 miles west of show hall:

 

 --Tru

 

 --Aloft

 

 --Springhill Suites

 

 --Homewood Suites