KNOXVILLE, Tennessee — Vol fans, get ready.
Football season is just a little over a month away.
And with the return of football comes the return of the iconic Vol Navy. This year, though, they'll be returning to a new dock at Volunteer Landing, a news release from the City of Knoxville said.
The current Vol Navy Dock and concrete pavilion were built in 1994 with a grant from the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, with 200 feet added on in 1998.
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Crews will start working on the new dock soon, the release said, but don't worry. The legendary tailgating shouldn't be interrupted by the work-- it's expected to be completed and reopened by the University of Tennessee's first home game on August 31.
The funds for the dock come from a $400,000 grant from TWRA and matching funds of $100,000 from the city of Knoxville and UT.
The improvements include replacing "the existing dock with new composite decking material and [will] also include two new gangways," the release said. "The pavilion is a concrete-based structure built into Volunteer Landing and will remain the same."
The city owns the dock, which is public, and UT maintains it.
"The Vol Navy Dock is a great part of Volunteer Landing, and we’re glad the project will be completed before UT football kicks off,” Chip Barry, Knoxville's deputy chief of operations, said in the release.