Neyland Stadium is the University of Tennessee's football coliseum and one of the defining facts about Knoxville. It seats over 102,000 people and on game days from September through November the city turns orange — literally, the Tennessee Volunteers' colour — and the noise is audible from kilometres away.
Even if you have no interest in American football, it is worth watching a game if you are in Knoxville on a Saturday in the season. The stadium sits on the Tennessee River, and fans arrive by boat along the river as well as on foot from downtown. The experience is less a sporting event than a regional cultural ritual. Tickets for popular games sell out well in advance, but visiting the campus and walking the river path on game day costs nothing.