UNC’s derailed plans for new basketball arena detailed in documents: 'From Dean to Dream'

The question of what to do with North Carolina basketball’s Dean E. Smith Center has splintered the UNC community, with a behind-the-scenes tug-of-war recently spilling out into public.Now, documents obtained by The Athletic through an open records request provide new details on plans for a state-of-the-art arena to anchor a 230-acre mixed-use development and campus expansion called “Carolina North” — plans that were derailed by public pushback.Advertisement