The Clippers Are Building Their Own Arena: Everything We Know So Far

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Published 2023-12-30
After decades of being 3rd class tenants across multiple venues, the Los Angeles Clippers are building their own arena in Inglewood funded by former Microsoft CEO and team owner Steve Ballmer. The venue will be quite innovative and exciting for fans, but legal attacks from the Madison Square Garden Company who owned the historic Forum nearly killed the whole project. In this video we'll review the Clippers history dating back to the Buffalo Braves days and up through the Donald Sterling controversey before going into unrivaled detail about all the events that led to groundbreaking for the Clippers' Intuit Dome.

00:00 Intro
1:19 Buffalo
5:14 San Diego
7:31 Los Angeles
11:02 Donald Sterling Controversy
14:46 Steve Ballmer
16:32 New Arena
19:42 Renderings
27:17 Conclusion

The Clippers Are Building Their Own Arena: Everything We Know So Far

All Comments (21)
  • @moisesa7932
    So many haters i swear. Ballmer overpaid for the Clippers, has done things for the community, offered locals work opportunities towards building the arena, and had the arena privately funded with no tax payer money.. and people are still mad? Why isn't anyone pointing fingers at the Lakers franchise for getting PPP loans that were intended for smaller businesses during the pandemic?
  • The last NBA game I attended was in Buffalo in 1972, I have been hoping Buffalo would get a new NBA team to this day
  • @EndlessHorizon0
    Hard to not love what the Clippers are trying to do, perpetual underdogs with an owner who loves ball and is hellbent on making them a premiere franchise.
  • @seand1011
    I believe Steve Ballmer came right out after buying the Clippers to say he wouldn't move them due to the cost paid for the franchise. Moving to Seattle would've immediately downvalued the team significantly.
  • @KingKilla47
    The clips have always been my favorite underdog team, love Steve too so I hope it works
  • @gbalph4
    Clippers did play some games in Anaheim that actually drew well but the whole plan was also trying to get Disney in on ownership since they had the Ducks and Angels but that went through.
  • @hs4a085
    Every time I fly into lax i always love seeing the clippers arena almost done.
  • @MarloSoBalJr
    I gotta say, I've always wondered why the Clippers tried to make it work in LA but an owner like Balmer seem to be doing everything necessary to make them a premiere franchise. But as you said, seems conflicting for 3½ (½ is the Honda Center in Orange County) arenas is ONE locale
  • @caclavijo
    First Championship + new arena! 2024
  • @two3D
    "A team as loved and as historic as the Lakers"... I grew up/live in Minneapolis. The City of Lakes.
  • @mangrove
    And now, the Clips and the Pistons have flipped "great/ worst owner".
  • @swatisquantum
    Pretty amazing to see such a significant investment into any franchise let alone the clippers. I can see it justified (from a billionaires point of view) as the LA market being so big … and that finding that not everyone loves the Lakers. People aren’t just bandwagon Clippers fans — you kind of seek them out for the underdog story.. which brings clippers fans together.. very excited to go visit this arena. Looks pretty cool since they’re going for the college vibe.
  • @SagaFraga
    I’d love to see you do a video on any of the Detroit sports complexes and their history. Whether it’s the Silver-dome and ford field, or Tiger Stadium and Comerica Park, or even the recent Joe Lewis/Palace and Little Cesar’s Arena. I’d love to see a video.
  • @greekfreak384
    The clippers new arena should definitely have the nickname“ The Jungle” by the fans/players with all that greenery 😂 welcome to the jungle would fit playing on the speakers while introducing the clippers players.
  • I don't know if the current thumbnail is working. There's not much contrast between anything
  • @jetsons101
    Glad to see some "Good" go into Inglewood.