In July 2015, two top officials at N.C. State expressed doubts about an athletic department plan to build a $15 million dormitory for men’s and women’s basketball players that would house just 63 students.
At more than $150,000 per bed based on the estimated $10 million in construction costs, the average costs per student for the small, four-story “boutique” dorm, called Case Commons, would be as much as three times higher than the average of between $50,000 and $70,000 per bed for other N.C. State dorms. Most basketball players would have single rooms. More than half of the residents would by NCAA rule be non-athletes.