Michael Jordan: The College Years
Michael Jordan
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Michael Jordan
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Michael Jordan, Sam Perkins and Dean Smith
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Michael Jordan’s University of North Carolina dorm room is making a comeback.
A new hotel opening in Chapel Hill, North Carolina by Graduate Hotels will feature a detailed reconstruction of the NBA star’s dorm room that he lived in when he attended the university from 1981-1984.
“The room is an identical replica,” Graduate Hotels CEO Ben Weprin told ESPN. “From the ceiling to the brick wall, to the record player and records, the posters, the pennants — every single piece in that room, we have it.”
The Jordan Suite will also be open for visitors to stay in, while the hotel itself will include pieces of Jordan’s memorabilia, including game-worn sneakers, his North Carolina student ID and a $5 check he cashed for winning a game of pool.
“We thought it would be a fun way to pay homage to him,” Weprin said. “It is like going back in time, trying to get in the head of Michael Jordan. He was a normal kid — even though he is an icon now.”
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Michael Jordan and Sam Perkins
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Michael Jordan
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Michael Jordan and Sam Perkins
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Michael Jordan and Sam Perkins
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Michael Jordan and Sam Perkins
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