RALEIGH, N.C. — Makeovers to the home of the Carolina Hurricanes and the N.C. State basketball team are set to begin next summer after their 2024-2025 seasons.

 

What You Need To Know

  • The first renovations to PNC Arena will begin at the conclusion of the 2024-25 Carolina Hurricanes season

  • Centennial Authority board members presented the proposed enhancements to the Raleigh City Council on Tuesday

  • The project will run from 2025-2027

 

The Centennial Authority presented plans to renovate the inside of PNC Arena to the Raleigh City Council on Tuesday afternoon.

Philip Isley was one of two Centennial Authority board members who gave the presentation.

“We’re going to be in lock-step to where this is going to be a pretty cool experience once everyone is finished doing what they are supposed to do,” Isley said.

The presentation focused on creating a renewed version of PNC Arena so people can live, work, play and stay. Isley said the design will embrace PNC Arena as an economic driver through sports.

With renovations coming up on multiple levels of PNC Arena, Isley said they will do everything possible to keep concerts and games from being disrupted.

Plans call for overhauls to seating, standing and arena entrances and exits.

One goal is to make it physically easier to move through PNC Arena by redesigning spaces for food, beverages and the flow of people.

Developers will control most additions outside the arena.

The overarching theme of the new look indoors is to give people a taste of what it feels like to live and eat in Wake County and Raleigh inside the arena.

“It’s very important. I mean, this is a massive economic driver for our city. And so when we shut it down in the summer of '26, there won't be any concerts out there in the summer of '26 or the summer of '27,” Isley said. “We like the economy is being improved by that building, and so we want to keep it open as long as we can, even if it's pardon-our-mess type of scenario.”

The south-side expansion of the arena will be the first step, starting in the summer of 2025.

All $300 million for this phased enhancement project scheduled from 2025-2027 has been approved. 

Isly confirmed that fans can expect a similar experience to what people enjoy at Truist Park in Atlanta, the home of the Braves. 

“We're trying really hard with N.C. State and the Hurricanes to make this as painless as possible. And ultimately, when all of this is said and done in the next 5 or 10 years, it's going to be an experience out there that's going to be second to none,” Isley said.