Can would be renovated on the interior and a form of insulation would be added, allowing it to remain a permanent part of campus. Specifically, it was hoped to insulate the walls with red brick. While concurrently operational with Woollen, The Daily Tar Heel in 1940 stated that roughly 500 students and athletes would make use of the facility. After the basketball team left, volleyball courts and a golf driving cage were added. It also contained a fencing strip and platform, along with the indoor track and its regulation basketball court still. Pick-up basketball was a common use for the court. Each year there would be class picnics or barbeques that would be held in the Tin Can before it closed. In 1965, while Carmichael Auditorium (the new home for varsity men's basketball) was delayed in finishing due to various reasons, one of which was a broken water pipe, the men's varsity team practiced in the Tin Can. Immediately after World War II, the arena housed returning veterans when the university ran out of space in dormitories. The school placed nearly 100 bunk beds in the building, along with around 50 dressers for over 200 students. Those that stayed in the structure were known as "tin canners" and would bathe and use the restrooms in Woollen Gymnasium. The students stayed there for several weeks. On April 12, 1976, the university's trustees approved the building plans for a new facility on the site of the Tin Can. It was also revealed they were debating on what to do with the Tin Can: either move it to the east end of Fetzer Field or build a new facility like the Tin Can in that same location. Prior to deciding on the future of the venue, the trustees wanted to see the cost estimates for moving the Tin Can. The structure was finally demolished in 1977 to allow the construction of the present day Fetzer Hall. The venue was removed with a bulldozer in early June. It was stipulated that 25 sheets of the siding be saved in the deconstruction for the alumni department, who would sell them to former students as sentimental pieces. The Tin Can was used for 54 years after being envisioned as a temporary building. Don Bolden of The Daily Times–News felt the Tin Can was a landmark. It was decided that a structure similar to the Tin Can