Parking

Parking Info

  • The City County Building garage will open at 9 a.m. Sunday. The L-3 open air deck will be reserved for an ADA Accessible Viewing Area that will include parking and viewing (with appropriate vehicle permit).
  • The pedestrian bridge from the City County Building to Volunteer Landing will close at 7 p.m. Sunday.
  • Special event parking will be available at the Main Street Garage, Dwight Kessel Garage, Locust Street Garage and City County Garage for $5. Complimentary parking will be available at the Market Square Garage & State Street Garage.
  • All UT Parking lots and garages, will be open for general public parking for a fee of $10. Look for special event signs.
  • Due to the Neyland Drive road closure, no parking areas with Neyland Drive access only will be open for parking.
  • Parking maps are available at CityofKnoxville.org or Boomsday.org.

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Road Information and Closings

  • The Henley Street Bridge will close at 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept 5.  The bridge reopens at 6 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 7.
  • The westbound lanes of Neyland Drive from Walnut to Lake Loudon Boulevard will close at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Sept 5 and will remain closed until 6 a.m. Monday, Sept. 7.
  • The eastbound lanes of Neyland Drive from Walnut to Lake Loudon Boulevard will close at 10 p.m. on Saturday, Sept 5 and will remain closed until 6 a.m. Monday, Sept. 7.
  • Access to Neyland Drive from Central Street and from Hall of Fame Drive will shut down at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept 6 and will remain closed until 6 a.m. Monday, Sept. 7.
  • The Gay Street Bridge will close at 9 p.m. for pedestrian traffic and at 9:15 p.m. to vehicle traffic, which is 15 minutes before the fireworks show is expected to begin.

Boating Information

  • No wake zone will be enforced from the orange railroad trestle to the South Knoxville Bridge starting 3 hours prior to the football game on Saturday, September 5 until midnight on Sunday, September 6.
  • No general public shore access will be available via the Volunteer Landing steps.
  • City/UT docks will only be available for temporary mooring after 12 p.m. on Sunday.  Temporary parking will be available until 8 p.m., but one person must remain on the boat.
  • Docking at Calhoun’s docks is monitored by TWRA for access to the river channel. However, these docks are privately owned and the owner has final determination of who can moor at these docks. Limited space can be reserved at Volunteer Landing Marina, 865-633-5004.
  • Boats should be in place at least by 9 p.m. as traffic on the channel between the railroad bridge and Gay Street Bridge will be very limited until after the fireworks end. The main channel of the river will be completely closed from 9 p.m. until after the fireworks.
  • Mooring at the City/UT docks will be open after the fireworks with officers from TWRA directing the largest vessels into place first.
  • Boaters may be ticketed if navigational lights aren’t working, children under 13 aren’t wearing a life-jacket, fire extinguishers aren’t in working order or there aren’t enough personal flotation devices for every person on board plus one throwable device.
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