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 ...

Dean E. Smith Center history The Smith Center opened Jan. 18, 1986, with a basketball game pitting the UNC men’s team against the Duke Blue Devils — Dean Smith on the UNC bench, Mike ...

Dean E. Smith Center history The Smith Center opened Jan. 18, 1986, with a basketball game pitting the UNC men’s team against the Duke Blue Devils — Dean Smith on the UNC bench, Mike ...

The Dean E. Smith Center, UNC basketball’s home arena, is almost 40. ... but they would have included premium club seating options that would eliminate a section of upper-level seats.

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It was the first game in the brand-new Dean E. Smith Center. The bright afternoon light poured in through the translucent roof. A crowd of 21,444 packed the arena.

THE ANNUAL Alfred E. Smith Dinner is one of the city’s grandest political traditions – a white-tie affair at which politicians are roasted and toasted, all under the watchful eye of 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 ...

Dean E. Smith Center history The Smith Center opened Jan. 18, 1986, with a basketball game pitting the UNC men’s team against the Duke Blue Devils — Dean Smith on the UNC bench, Mike ...

Dean E. Smith Center history The Smith Center opened Jan. 18, 1986, with a basketball game pitting the UNC men’s team against the Duke Blue Devils — Dean Smith on the UNC bench, Mike ...

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 ...

The North Carolina Tar Heels have played home men’s basketball games at the Smith Center since 1986. UNC leaders are mulling the future of the building.