Tin Can (basketball arena)

Coordinates: 35°54′33″N 79°2′49″W / 35.90917°N 79.04694°W / 35.90917; -79.04694

The Tin Can
Construction
The Tin Can in 1946
Location	South Road, Chapel Hill, N.C., United States (demolished) ^[1]
Owner	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ^[1]
Capacity	N/A
Field size	300 × 110 feet (91 × 34 m) ^[2]
Broke ground	1921 ^[1]
Opened	1924 ^[1]
Closed	1938 ^[2]
Demolished	1977 ^[1]
Construction cost	$54,482.45 ^[3]
Architect	Bard-Knox Company, Pittsburgh, Pa., United States ^[2]
Tenants
North Carolina Tar Heels (NCAA) 1924-38 ^[2]

Officially named the Indoor Athletic Center (or Court), the Tin Can was the home of North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball from the 1924 season until the team's relocation to the Woollen Gymnasium in 1938.^[4]^[5] It replaced Bynum Gymnasium, a venue known for its unusual running track suspended above the court.^[6]

Rudimentarily built of steel, attempts to heat the building during early season at first failed, with ice often forming inside:

“	The Tin Can was always freezing [...] they had icicles in the corners. To stay warm the electricians put those big-wattage bulbs under the benches, and we had blankets and wore heavy sweat clothes. Later on they did get central heat in there, but it was never adequate. You couldn't dress there.	”
	— George Shephard, North Carolina coach 1931-35, University of North Carolina Basketball

The team, known as the White Phantoms, used this to their advantage, becoming one of the South's most successful programs by the mid-1920s.^[7]

As success continued into Southern Conference play in the 1930s, the capacity of the Tin Can proved insufficient to meet the increased interest in the team. North Carolina played the last of their games there at the end of the 1938 season, having officially moved to the adjacent Woollen Gymnasium on January 4, 1938.^[8] In fourteen years, the team had accumulated a 120–38 winning record.^[9]

No longer needed for major athletic events the Tin Can was used for a variety of purposes during the remainder of its life. Immediately after World War II, the arena housed returning veterans due to a shortage of dormitory space,^[10] while in the early 1950s it was used for storage of medical equipment before the completion of North Carolina Memorial Hospital.^[11] After hosting a limited number of indoor track meetings in preceding years, the Tin Can was finally demolished in 1977 to allow the construction of the present day Fetzer Gymnasium.^[12]

Notes

1 2 3 4 5 UNC EIS, Main incl. Stats.
1 2 3 4 UNC EIS, Alias & Notes 1923–38
↑ UNC EIS, Alias & Notes 1921–29.
↑ Powell, pp. 16.
↑ Rappoport, pp. 17.
↑ Powell, pp. 15.
↑ Powell, pp. 17.
↑ Powell, pp. 29.
↑ Powell, pp. 24.
↑ UNC EIS, Alias & Notes 1944–48.
↑ UNC EIS, Alias & Notes 1949–52.
↑ UNC EIS, Alias & Notes 1952/77.

References

"Building 154". Plan Room. UNC Engineering Information Services (EIS). Retrieved 2008-06-21.
Powell, Adam (2005). University of North Carolina Basketball. Mount Pleasant, S.C.: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0-7385-4150-8.
Rappoport, Ken (2005). Tales from the Tar Heel Locker Room (Second ed.). Champaign, Ill.: Sports Publishing. ISBN 1-59670-006-8.

North Carolina Tar Heels men's basketball

Venues	Bynum Gymnasium (1920–1924) Tin Can (1924–1938) Woollen Gymnasium (1938–1965) Carmichael Auditorium (1965–1986) Dean Smith Center (1986–present)

Rivalries	Duke (Carlyle Cup) Kentucky NC State

Culture & lore	Rameses The Marching Tar Heels Junior varsity team Inside Carolina Four corners offense Dixie Classic Tobacco Road Scandal

People	Head coaches Honorees Honored players NBA draftees

Seasons	1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Helms and Premo-Porretta national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics; NCAA championships in bolded italics

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Academics	Scholarships Center for Global Initiatives Center for the Study of the American South Kenan–Flagler Business School School of Information and Library Science School of Media and Journalism School of Law School of Medicine School of Pharmacy School of Public Health School of Social Work Southern Observatory for Astrophysical Research

Athletics	Teams Australian Rules Football Baseball Men's Basketball Women's Basketball Field Hockey Football Men's Lacrosse Women's Lacrosse Men's Soccer Women's Soccer Softball Facilities Bryson Field at Boshamer Stadium Bynum Gymnasium Carmichael Arena Dean Smith Center Eddie Smith Field House Fetzer Field Finley Golf Course Henry Stadium Kenan Memorial Stadium Tin Can Woollen Gymnasium Other Atlantic Coast Conference Carlyle Cup Carolina Basketball Museum Carolina blue Duke Rivalry The Marching Tar Heels "Hark The Sound" "Here Comes Carolina" "I'm a Tar Heel Born" NC State Rivalry Olympians Rameses The Rams Club South's Oldest Rivalry Tar Heel Tar Heel Sports Network Tobacco Road Victory Bell Wake Rivalry

Campus	Ackland Art Museum Airport Botanical Garden Carolina Inn Coker Arboretum Davie Poplar Franklin Street Hospitals Hunt Arboretum Images Morehead Planetarium Old Chapel Hill Cemetery Old East Old Well Playmakers Theatre Silent Sam Wilson Library Town of Chapel Hill Kessing Pool

Student life	Black Student Movement Carolina Week The Daily Tar Heel Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies Dramatic and Performing Arts Order of Gimghoul Student Television WXYC

History	Alumni Presidents and Chancellors William Richardson Davie UNC system Speaker ban Academics-athletics scandal

Sports venues in the Research Triangle

Current	Boshamer Stadium (Chapel Hill) Cameron Indoor Stadium (Durham) Carter–Finley Stadium (Raleigh) Dean Smith Center (Chapel Hill) Doak Field (Raleigh) Dorton Arena (Raleigh) Durham Athletic Park (Durham) Durham Bulls Athletic Park (Durham) Durham County Stadium (Durham) Eddie Smith Field House (Chapel Hill) Fetzer Field (Chapel Hill) Five County Stadium (Zebulon) Henry Stadium (Chapel Hill) Jack Coombs Field (Durham) J. W. Isenhour Tennis Center (Raleigh) Kenan Memorial Stadium (Chapel Hill) Koskinen Stadium (Durham) McLendon–McDougald Gymnasium (Durham) PNC Arena (Raleigh) O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium (Durham) Orange County Speedway (Little River Township) Reynolds Coliseum (Raleigh) Wake County Speedway (Garner) WakeMed Soccer Park (Cary) Wallace Wade Stadium (Durham) WRAL Soccer Center (Raleigh)

Future	--

Defunct	Bynum Gymnasium (Converted, Chapel Hill) Occoneechee Speedway (In preservation, Hillsborough) Raleigh Speedway (Demolished, Raleigh) Riddick Stadium (Demolished, Raleigh) State Fairgrounds Speedway (Converted, Raleigh) Thompson Gym (Converted, Raleigh) Tin Can (Demolished, Chapel Hill)

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