Carmichael Auditorium

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Carmichael Auditorium
Full name	William Donald Carmichael, Jr. Auditorium
Location	310 South Rd, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Opened	December 4, 1965
Renovated	1998, 2008-2009
Expanded	1976
Owner	The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Operator	The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Tenants	North Carolina Tar Heels (NCAA) 1965-2008, 2009-
Capacity	8,010

William D. Carmichael, Jr. Auditorium is a 8,010-seat multi-purpose arena in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The arena opened in 1965. It is home to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Tar Heels women's basketball team. Before the Dean Smith Center opened in 1986, it also housed the men's team, which had a record of 169-20 (.894) in just over 20 seasons there. It was named for William Donald Carmichael, Jr., a popular former school vice-president.

At the time it was built, the state refused to fund a completely new arena. As a result, Carmichael was built as an annex to Woollen Gymnasium, built in 1937 as the former home of the basketball team. It shares the older facility's western wall.

Carmichael was known as one of the loudest arenas in the country while the Tar Heel men played there, largely because of a low roof and a student section that ringed the court. According to some anecdotal accounts, it was as loud or louder than Cameron Indoor Stadium. A new floor was installed in 1998, after a roof fire that February during renovations. The arena will be completely remodeled beginning spring 2008, and the women's team will join the men in the Smith Center until completion in 2009.

[edit] External links

• Carmichael Auditorium page on University of North Carolina Athletics website

Preceded by Woollen Gymnasium	Home of North Carolina Tar Heels Men's Basketball 1965 – 1986	Succeeded by Dean Smith Center
Preceded by None Dean Smith Center	Home of North Carolina Tar Heels Women's Basketball 1974 – 2008 2009 –	Succeeded by Dean Smith Center None

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