Knoxville Smokies unveil new mascots ahead of first game in Covenant Health Park

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31-03-2025

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — The first game at the new Knoxville multi-use stadium is just two weeks out. As construction continues at Covenant Health Park, the Knoxville Smokies introduced three new mascots that you can see during baseball games this year.
'You'll notice they might look a little bit familiar, if you saw them on our social media campaign as well as all of our flyers around town,' Smokies Community Relations Manager Lindsey Archer said. 'We hosted a whole naming competition. We had almost 1,000 submissions for these mascot names.'
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Meet Knox and Jackson, a father son duo whose names hold extra meaning.
'So we obviously have the main bear, the father of this duo, Knox, standing for Knoxville of course, Knox County which is representative of the community we now joining with this new stadium,' Archer said. 'Then the son of our duo is Jackson as we all know Covenant Health Park is located at 500 east Jackson Avenue. It is the location of our brand new home and it is just an iconic street that runs through the heart of the Old City.'
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The original mascot of the Knoxville Smokies, Smokie Joe, also joins Knox and Jackson. Smokie Joe was the mascot at Bill Meyer Stadium, where the Smokies played their final game in Knoxville in 1999 prior to the move to Kodak.
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The Smokies first game is at Covenant Health Park on April 15 against the Chattanooga Lookouts.
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