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 ...

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.

CHAPEL HILL — The University of North Carolina will hold a public memorial service for Dean Smith Sunday, Feb. 22, at 2 p.m. in the Dean E. Smith Center.. Seating for the service will be ...

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 Dean E. Smith Center, or the 'Dean Dome', has been home to Carolina basketball for nearly 40 years. It has become one of the most recognized athletic venues in America.

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 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.

The move to renovate or replace North Carolina’s Smith Center isn’t a new initiative launched as other new arenas are being built, beautified or enhanced. Those talks began more than a decade ago, ...