Because the official name announcement came late, the cover of the program read: "Opening Game Student Activities Center.". Duke’s Mark Alarie scored the first basket in the Smith Center. UNC ...

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 ...

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 Student Activities Center opened in January 1986 and has spent nearly four decades hosting basketball games featuring one great player after another. Tim Duncan played at the ...

UNC is considering Carolina North as the potential site for a new basketball arena to replace the Dean E. Smith Center, according to 247Sports. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...

The men's basketball team has played its games at the 21,750-seat Dean E. Smith Center since it opened in 1986. The $34-million arena, built with donations from more than 2,300 donors, has ...

Christopher Everett, UNC student body president, speaks to a crowd of over 5,000 attendees during the candlelight vigil for Zijie Yan in the Dean E. Smith Center on Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023.

The Dean E. Smith Center, UNC basketball’s home arena, ... the university is expected to provide bus transit for up to 3,000 on-campus students for each game, according to the report.

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, 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 ...