Dean Smith Center
Dean Smith Center is a arena in Chapel Hill, United States that opened in 1986. Its recorded capacity is 21,750.
Key facts
Dean Smith Center is a arena in Chapel Hill, United States that opened in 1986. Its recorded capacity is 21,750. It is owned by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are North Carolina Tar Heels, Utah Utes women's basketball, North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball, 1992–93 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team, 1994–95 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team, 2004–05 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team, 2005–06 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team, 2006–07 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team, 2007–08 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team, 2008–09 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team, 2009–10 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team, 2010–11 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team, 2011–12 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team, 2012–13 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team, 2013–14 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team, 2014–15 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team, 2015–16 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team, 2016–17 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team, 2017–18 North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball team.
- Location
- Chapel Hill, United States
- Type
- Arena
- Capacity
- 21,750
- Opened
- 1986
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Hardwood
Dean Smith Center is at latitude 35.899722, longitude -79.043889, in Chapel Hill, United States. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 35.899722 |
| Longitude | -79.043889 |
| City | Chapel Hill |
| Region | Chapel Hill |
| Country | United States |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Hardwood | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
No naming history is recorded for this venue.
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1982 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
Tenants
Recorded changes
34 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 2323 | 2026-10 |
| 24 September 2026 | venue_roles | (deleted) | 21888 | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | venue_roles | (deleted) | 21887 | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | org_aliases | (deleted) | North Carolina Tar Heels | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | venue_roles | (deleted) | 34668 | not set | 2026-09 |
| 24 September 2026 | venue_roles | (deleted) | 34667 | not set | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 34669 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 34668 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 34667 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | org_aliases | (created) | not set | 2900 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 30993 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | opened_year | 1982 | 1986 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372079904 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Dean_Smith_Center | Dean Smith Center | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 21888 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 21887 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13719 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13718 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13717 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13716 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13715 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13714 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13713 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13712 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13711 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13710 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13709 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13708 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13707 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13706 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13705 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13704 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13703 | 2026-09 |
| 20 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 13702 | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: