Editing Sunsphere (section)

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{{Infobox building
| image = Sunsphere 01.jpg
| name = Sunsphere
| address = {{nowrap|963 World's Fair Park Drive}}<br />[[Knoxville, Tennessee]]<br />37916
| coordinates = {{coord|35.9617|-83.9232|region:US-TN|display=inline,title}}
| roof = {{convert|81.07|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| completion_date = 1982
| structural_engineer = Stanley D. Lindsey and Associates, Ltd.
| architect = Don Shell<ref name="architecturalicon">{{cite news |last1=Shearer |first1=John |title=Sunsphere shines as the city's architectural icon |url=http://archive.knoxnews.com/entertainment/life/sunsphere-shines-as-the-citys-architectural-icon-ep-358561133-356023081.html |accessdate=4 October 2020 |work=[[Knoxville News Sentinel]] |date=March 22, 2013}}</ref> [[List of Latin phrases (E)#et_alii|(''et alii'')]]
| building_type = [[Observation tower]]
| start_date = 1981
| owner = City of Knoxville
| architectural_style = [[Modern architecture|Modernism]], [[High-tech architecture|High-tech]]<ref name="sah">{{cite web |title=Sunsphere |url=https://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TN-01-093-0078 |website=Society of Architectural Historians |date=July 17, 2018 |access-date=April 21, 2022}}</ref>
| opened_date = {{start date and age|1982|05|01}}
| website = {{URL|https://worldsfairpark.org/sunsphere}}
}}

The '''Sunsphere''' is a {{convert|266|ft|adj=on}} tall [[hexagon]]al [[steel]] [[truss]] structure located in [[World's Fair Park]] in downtown [[Knoxville, Tennessee]], United States. It is topped with the {{convert|75|ft|m|0|adj=on}} gold-colored glass [[sphere]] that served as the symbol of the [[1982 World's Fair]]. Directly across a man-made pond from the [[Tennessee Amphitheater]], they are the only remaining structures from the fair.<ref>{{cite news | author=Amy McRary| title=World's Fair: The world came to Knoxville in May 1982 | url=http://www.knoxnews.com/entertainment/life/knoxvilles-225-years-the-world-came-to-knoxville-in-1982--33212d02-dcbe-66f2-e053-0100007fde44-381016021.html | work=[[Knoxville News Sentinel]] | date=28 May 2016}}</ref>