In Popular Culture
- The rockabilly band Jason D. Williams and the Scorchers performed on top of the Sunsphere on Memorial Day 1990 as a part of Knoxville's holiday celebration and to film a promotional video for Tennessee Illustrated Magazine. The resulting video appeared on MTV and Entertainment Tonight, and the stunt made front page news across the state.
- A March 1996 episode of The Simpsons, 3F17 ("Bart on the Road"), features the Sunsphere. Bart and three friends travel to Knoxville and find that the Sunsphere has become a dilapidated storage warehouse for a wig store, known as "The Wigsphere". Nelson Muntz then topples the Sunsphere after he throws a rock at it causing it to land on top of and completely crush their rental car.
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