Covenant Health Park

Covenant Health Park anchors a major redevelopment district on the east side of downtown Knoxville, integrating the new ballpark with surrounding mixed-use residential and commercial development as a downtown catalyst project. Market Square — Knoxville's historic central square with restaurants, the Tennessee Theatre, and the Knoxville Museum of Art at World's Fair Park — sits a short walk west. Gay Street's restaurant and bar corridor and the Old City historic district are within walking distance. The University of Tennessee's campus — Neyland Stadium, Thompson-Boling Arena, and Cumberland Avenue (The Strip) — sits a short ride west. Great Smoky Mountains National Park (Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, Cades Cove) sits about an hour southeast and is the canonical regional must-do for visiting fans. The neighborhood reads as a brand-new downtown ballpark setting designed from the start as a walkable urban anchor — comparable in intent to Polar Park (Worcester) and Truist Stadium (Winston-Salem).

Plan to arrive about 45-60 minutes before first pitch — this is a brand-new downtown ballpark and parking flow patterns are still settling. Important context: Covenant Health Park is the new downtown Knoxville home for the Tennessee Smokies, which relocated to the ballpark for the 2025 season from Smokies Stadium in Kodak (Sevier County), the team's previous suburban home from 2000 through 2024. The new ballpark is a downtown-catalyst redevelopment project anchored by ownership and the City of Knoxville, designed to integrate the team into downtown's walkable core. The naming-rights agreement is with Covenant Health, the East Tennessee regional health system. The Smokies have been the Chicago Cubs' Double-A Southern League affiliate since 2007 — top Cubs prospects routinely pass through Knoxville on their way to Wrigley Field. Because this is a brand-new venue, operational details (gate times, concourse flow, bag policy, transit drop-off) are still settling and may shift through the first full seasons. Mobile-only tickets are the norm. Confirm everything on the Smokies' site before going.

Covenant Health Park opened in 2025 as the new downtown Knoxville home for the Tennessee Smokies, the Chicago Cubs' Double-A Southern League affiliate. The ballpark replaced Smokies Stadium in Kodak (Sevier County), the team's former suburban home from 2000 through the 2024 season — the relocation moves the franchise from a Smokies-Mountains-adjacent commuter setting into a downtown-anchor role. The naming-rights agreement is with Covenant Health, the East Tennessee regional health system. The Smokies have been a Cubs Double-A affiliate continuously since 2007. The ballpark is the centerpiece of a downtown East Knoxville redevelopment district integrating mixed-use residential and commercial development, designed in the modern downtown-catalyst-ballpark tradition of Polar Park (Worcester) and Truist Stadium (Winston-Salem). Capacity sits around 7,000. Top Cubs prospects routinely pass through Knoxville on their way to Triple-A Iowa and Wrigley Field. Because the venue is brand-new, granular operational details continue to settle through the first full seasons.