The Dean E. Smith Center, which opened in 1986, is a big basketball house. Perhaps too big. Certainly aging. Among the plans being considered is building a new 16,000-seat arena that can be the ...

The 38-year-old Smith Center has 21,750 seats, which makes it the fourth-largest arena in college basketball behind Louisville’s KFC Yum! Center (22,090), Kentucky’s Rupp Arena (23,000) and ...

The University of North Carolina is considering building a new men's basketball arena complex off-campus to replace the Dean Smith Center, according to a report from Greg Barnes of Inside Carolina ...

UNC-Chapel Hill is considering replacing the Smith Center with a new arena. Peyton Williams / Getty Images By Dane Huffman – Managing Editor, Triangle Business Journal ...

UNC-Chapel Hill could renovate or replace the Dean Smith Center, ... The $145 million facility, which would include a 3,000-seat theatre, was projected to open in 2027. Education.

The Dean E. Smith Center, UNC basketball’s home arena, is almost 40. So what does the future hold for the “Dean Dome” and Tar Heels? In a recent report, the University of North Carolina ...