The City of Knoxville’s Festival on the Fourth opened the new performance lawn with a bang! The photos below are taken from the Sunsphere and show the project’s progress (top) and throughout the construction process (bottom).

December 13, 2019 -- Pre-Construction

February 4, 2019 -- Site Demo and Rough Grading Underway

February 14, 2019 -- Rough Grading 90% Complete

February 26,2019 -- Stormwater and Irrigation Installation Underway

March 7, 2019 -- Lawn underdrains complete. Irrigation and electrical rough-in underway. Topsoil deliveries in process. Hardscape curbs being formed.

March 29, 2019 -- Concrete Curbing 75% Complete

April 18, 2019 -- Concrete Curbing Complete; Permeable Paver Subbase Installation & Lawn Fine Grading Underway

April 24, 2019 -- Finish grading of the inner lawn wraps up as sod deliveries begin.

April 29, 2019 -- Sod Installation and Permeable Paver Base Installation Underway

May 1, 2019 -- Sod installation on the center lawn nears completion.

May 16, 2019 -- Sod installation 80% complete. Paver installation 25% complete.

May 28. 2019--Pavers 40% Complete, Site Lighting Installed

June 6, 2019 -- Pavers 80% Complete. Perimeter landscaping in process. Electrical complete. 11th Street Event Access under construction.

June 24, 2019 -- Final paver work underway. 11th Street entrance complete except for gates.















Demolition of a portion of the greenway sidewalk in preparation for the grade work.

Concrete foundations from former site structures are removed.

Rough grading preps the site for irrigation and drainage installation.

New gravel is stockpiled adjacent to gravel salvaged from the site during demolition. These stockpiles will be used around the lawn's under-drain system.

Two truckloads of drainage pipe for the lawn's sub-surface drainage system have been delivered.

A concrete border for the lawn hardscape is formed up.

75% of the interior concrete border for the permeable paver system is complete.

Deliveries of specially cultivated Latitude 31 sod begins.

Installation of the event power distribution panels is underway.

Sod Installation ~ 50% Complete

Final Base Stone Installation for the Permeable Paver System

Second Creek Greenway sidewalk installation underway.

Electrical rough-in for the main switchboard that will connect all of the event power stations to the transformer.












