![]() So far, even with a pandemic and following some legal challenges, he’s right on schedule. Ballmer began plotting a Clippers-only home years ago and formally unveiled the project in 2019, saying then that the Clippers would break ground in 2021 and open in 2024. The Clippers currently play at Staples Center, also the home of the Los Angeles Lakers and the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings. “I had a lot of my own opinions … and most of the things had some inspiration that came from someplace else,” Ballmer said. Things the Clippers have seen in play at German soccer stadiums, other NBA buildings, NFL stadiums, even the Amazon Go checkout-free convenience stores all sparked various ideas that will be put into play at Intuit Dome. The roof of the dome was designed to accommodate the halo, not the other way around. The halo will include 44,000 square feet of LED lighting, slightly more than one full acre and roughly six times the average size of other “big” screens in NBA buildings. Cq7xMaVyNHĮvery detail - from the huge halo video screen that will hover over the court, to how the bathrooms will be designed to get fans back in their seats as quickly as possible - has a purpose. “Basketball mecca! Basketball palazzo!” Ballmer, in his usual excitable way, said in an interview with The Associated Press. The practice facility, team offices for both business and basketball operations, retail space and more will all be on the site.īallmer, the team’s owner, simply believes it’ll be like no other building in the NBA. The Clippers’ long-awaited, $1.8 billion, privately funded arena officially got a name Friday - Intuit Dome, it’ll be called when it opens in 2024, the team making that announcement on the day of the formal groundbreaking ceremony. Painstaking decisions were made time and time again, right down to what an inch or two difference in leg room between rows would mean or where cupholders should be affixed to the seats.įinally, Steve Ballmer and the LA Clippers are ready to build their new home. Technology has evolved throughout the process. (AP) - The design meetings have been going on for years. The Clippers will play in the Intuit Dome in 2024 when it opens (photo via Intuit Dome). ![]()
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