It's not just The Strip that's changing

[Black Diamond Vol]

It sounds like the entire campus will be unrecognizable in the 5 years, to include a new hotel right next door to Neyland.

Of course, it will never be a world class campus until they find a way to fix their two biggest problems: the railroad that cuts the campus in two, and the sewage treatment plant right next door.

https://masterplan.utk.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/33/2023/01/2023-01-24-UTK-MP-Town-Hall.pdf

[BanditVol]

Those two things proiminently mentioned in an article i read a few months ago.  All very true.

[murfvol]

I have long been a proponent of having the business loop be no more. End Neyland from the east at Calhoun's, from the west at Thompson-Boling.

[BanditVol]

I have long been a proponent of having the business loop be no more. End Neyland from the east at Calhoun's, from the west at Thompson-Boling.

That would benefit the riverfront, but traffic would be a bigger nightmare than it is now, IMO.

One interesting thinig is that the south side of the river is really developing.  Add a couple passenger bridges and businesses on that side may thrive.