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Dean Smith Center

Dean Smith Center is an arena in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It seats a stated 21,750. Here is what the public record holds on it, and what an event67 rollout would cost in a room this size.

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Stated capacity
21,750
people, as published
Opened
1982
44 years old
From RDU
23 km (14 mi)
Raleigh–Durham International Airport
From the centre
1.8 km (1.1 mi)
of Chapel Hill

Figures as published in open data, retrieved 3 September 2026. Capacities vary by layout — confirm the one you want with the venue.

What the record holds

It sits in Chapel Hill, right in the centre of Chapel Hill.

Dean Smith Center was opened in 1982 and owned by University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, which puts it at 44 years old.

21,750 seats is arena scale, so it works as a plenary room with breakouts hosted nearby.

Owner
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Coordinates
35.8997, -79.0439
Classified as
arena

How attendees reach it

Raleigh–Durham International Airport (RDU) is 23 km (14 mi) out, a standard transfer of twenty to forty minutes outside rush hour.

1.8 km (1.1 mi) out from the middle of Chapel Hill — close enough to book a downtown hotel block, far enough that people will expect transport laid on after dark.

Chapel Hill has 18 venues mapped in total and a population of 64,028. The Chapel Hill guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.

Programming it

Anything at this scale is a one-room event. It is the 2nd largest arena or stadium mapped in Chapel Hill, and like all of them it solves the plenary and none of the rest of the programme.

  • award ceremonies

    A stage, a bowl of seats and a control room already in place.

  • festivals

    An audience of 21,750 is festival scale, not conference scale.

  • company all-hands

    One room, everybody in it, nobody watching on a screen in an overflow space.

What event67 costs at this capacity

Take 950 people through the door in Dean Smith Center — sized to the stated capacity of Dean Smith Center. The first 50 activated attendees are free on every event, so only the rest are billed, and the total stops moving at 1,000 however many more turn up.

activated attendees
950activated attendees
billable, after the first 50 are free
900billable, after the first 50 are free
for the whole event, at $5 each
$4,500for the whole event, at $5 each

You are billed for people, not for the room, so this figure does not change if you move the event down the road. event67 has no floor-plan or booking product — the venue handles the space, the app handles the people in it.

1,000
activated attendees at Dean Smith Center, and what each dot costsOne dot ≈ 10 attendees

Elsewhere in Chapel Hill

4 other venues in Chapel Hill have enough published detail for their own guide. Worth a shortlist before you commit.

Where these numbers come from

event67 is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to this venue or its operator. This page is compiled from open data and links to the venue’s own website where one is published.

  • Wikidata, CC0
  • Venue data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.
  • Geographic data © GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  • Retrieved 3 September 2026. 7 distinct facts from the record are rendered on this page: stated capacity, capacity sizing, year opened, owner, encyclopaedia entry, nearest airport with distance, photograph on Wikimedia Commons.

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What it costs

Free up to 50
activated attendees, on one live event
$5
per activated attendee beyond 50
$4,750
the most one event can ever cost, whatever happens past 1,000

Activated means the person claimed their invite and opened the app. Not when you import them, not when the invite is delivered, and not if they register and stay home.

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Questions people actually ask

How many people does Dean Smith Center hold?

Open data records a stated capacity of 21,750 for Dean Smith Center. That figure is what the venue or an encyclopaedia entry published, and it is usually the maximum seated number — theatre, banquet and reception layouts in the same room can differ by half. Confirm the layout you want directly with the venue.

What does an event app cost for an event at Dean Smith Center?

950 activated attendees means 900 billable after the free 50, so $4,500 for the event. That example is sized to the stated capacity of Dean Smith Center. The rate is $5 per activated attendee beyond the first 50, and the total for one event stops at $4,750 however many more attend. Activated means the person claimed their invite and opened the app. Not when you import them, not when the invite is delivered, and not if they register and stay home.

Is event67 affiliated with Dean Smith Center?

No. event67 is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to this venue or its operator. This page is compiled from open data — OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and public census sources — and links to the venue’s own website where one is published.

What else is nearby if Dean Smith Center is booked?

Kenan Memorial Stadium (24,000), Carmichael Arena (8,010) and Woollen Gymnasium (6,000) are in the same city and have their own pages here. 18 venues in total are mapped in Chapel Hill.

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