Carmichael Arena

William Donald Carmichael Jr. Arena (formerly known as Carmichael Auditorium and commonly known as Blue Heaven) is a multi-purpose arena on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States. It is home to four Tar Heels athletic teams: women's basketball, volleyball, women's gymnastics, and wrestling. By the end of the 1940s, concerns over capacity with the varsity men's basketball team home gym Woollen Gymnasium started and by 1958 the school began to schedule certain basketball games in off-campus venues to allow for more spectators. This desire for more revenue from ticket sales, limited office space, and intramural sports interruption of varsity practices led the school to develop plans for a new arena. After a measure was approved in July 1962, the school was approved to build an addition to the existing Woollen Gymnasium rather than a new $6 million stadium they had hoped for. The venue was to be named for William Donald Carmichael Jr. a former school vice president and varsity basketball player as a student. Construction began on Carmichael Auditorium in May 1964, which was to include a hydraulic stage to meet the "auditorium" requirement set forth by the state legislature to obtain the $1.725 million to fund the building. Despite a water main break that delayed progress and increased costs, the building was off

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