Smith Center debate is UNC's identity crisis

Posted Jan 21, 2026
As UNC Chancellor Lee Roberts and the Board of Trustees advance plans for the Carolina North campus expansion off of MLK Drive, a familiar debate has resurfaced with renewed urgency: what should happen to the Dean E. Smith Center? The question of whether to renovate the storied basketball arena or build a new facility at Carolina North has been divisive. (Tar Heel Tribune)

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