Intuit Dome

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Intuit Dome
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Rendering of the arena
Intuit Dome is located in the Los Angeles metropolitan area
Intuit Dome
Intuit Dome
Location in L.A. metro area
Former namesInglewood Basketball and Entertainment Center (planning phase)
LocationInglewood, California
Coordinates33°56′42″N 118°20′35″W / 33.945127°N 118.343102°W / 33.945127; -118.343102Coordinates: 33°56′42″N 118°20′35″W / 33.945127°N 118.343102°W / 33.945127; -118.343102
Public transitInglewood Transit Connector
OwnerLos Angeles Clippers
TypeArena
Capacity18,000
Construction
Broke groundSeptember 17, 2021
Opened2024 (planned)
ArchitectAECOM[1]
General contractorAECOM Turner JV
Tenants
Los Angeles Clippers (NBA) (beginning in 2024)
Website
Official website

The Intuit Dome is an under-construction 18,000-seat arena to be located in Inglewood, California for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association. The arena would be located just south of SoFi Stadium, the home of the NFL's Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers, and the Hollywood Park development.

Features[]

The 18,000-seat arena was designed by AECOM. In addition to the arena the venue will also include a practice facility, sports medicine clinic, team offices, retail space and a large outdoor plaza with basketball courts that will be open to the public.[2][3][4]

The practice facility will be 85,000 square feet (7,900 m2), the team offices 55,000 square feet (5,100 m2) and the sports medicine clinic 25,000 square feet (2,300 m2). An additional 40,000 square feet (3,700 m2) are set aside for retail and 260,000 square feet (24,000 m2) for the outdoor plaza.

Competition with The Forum[]

As the new venue could also host concerts, it was reasoned the Intuit Dome could provide direct competition with The Forum.[5][6] Several lawsuits were filed to attempt to prevent the construction of the arena, which would ensure no nearby arena would compete with The Madison Square Garden Company-owned Forum.[7] In December 2018, the Clippers filed a countersuit against The Madison Square Garden Company alleging that they tried to prevent competition with The Forum.[8]

In March 2019, leaked emails revealed that Irving Azoff attempted to lure the Los Angeles Lakers back to The Forum after their lease at Crypto.com Arena was up. Despite nothing coming of the proposal, Azoff's proposal to re-purpose The Forum was seen as a way of preventing the LA Clippers from building their own arena in Inglewood and ensuring that the Madison Square Garden Company got an unfair advantage over rival AEG, which already owns part of the Lakers.[9]

In November 2019, a judge tossed a lawsuit by Uplift Inglewood seeking to stop the arena's construction.[10]

In December 2019, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved the new arena, after evaluating the arena's environmental impact.[11]

In March 2020, Steve Ballmer announced his intent to purchase The Forum for $400 million, ending the lawsuit. The Forum will continue to host concerts, and all venue employees who held jobs under the Madison Square Garden Company were offered jobs by Ballmer. The Intuit Dome, with the lawsuits out of the way began construction as originally planned.[12]

Construction[]

On July 25, 2019, the Clippers released new images of the proposed arena. Construction started in summer 2021 and will be completed in fall 2024, following the expiration of the Clippers' lease at Crypto.com Arena.[13][14] The Clippers announced the groundbreaking on their new $1.8 billion arena to be on September 17, 2021.[15] [16] [17] On the same day, the team and software company Intuit announced a 23-year naming rights agreement, whereby the arena would be known as the Intuit Dome.[18]

References[]

  1. ^ "L.A. Clippers unveil design for new Inglewood arena". Building Design + Construction. Retrieved 2020-09-09.
  2. ^ "New details of Clippers' proposed Inglewood arena complex revealed". Retrieved February 21, 2018.
  3. ^ "NOTICE OF PREPARATION OF A DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT AND PUBLIC SCOPING MEETING". Retrieved February 20, 2018.
  4. ^ "Clippers take first steps to Inglewood arena while keeping options open". Retrieved June 16, 2017.
  5. ^ reports, From NBA media. "LA Clippers owner Steve Ballmer still seeking Inglewood arena for team". NBA.com.
  6. ^ "Clippers unveil renderings of proposed arena". ESPN.com. July 26, 2019.
  7. ^ Chiland, Elijah (June 19, 2018). "Inglewood residents sue to block Clippers arena". Curbed LA.
  8. ^ "LA Clippers launch MSG countersuit in Inglewood arena row - SportsPro Media". www.sportspromedia.com.
  9. ^ "Must Reads: Lakers explored leaving Staples Center for return to Forum, emails reveal". Los Angeles Times. March 14, 2019.
  10. ^ "Judge rules against lawsuit opposing proposed arena for Clippers". Los Angeles Times. November 7, 2019.
  11. ^ "Clippers Arena Gets Approval, Inglewood Rises Again". cityofinglewood.org. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
  12. ^ "Los Angeles Clippers Owner Buys The Forum In Pick & Roll Toward Building New Arena". Deadline.
  13. ^ "Clippers unveil plans for privately financed L.A. arena next to new NFL stadium". sports.yahoo.com.
  14. ^ release, Official. "LA Clippers unveil plans for new Inglewood arena". NBA.com.
  15. ^ "Bleacher report tweet". twitter.com.
  16. ^ Markanzi, Arash. "The Morning Column: August 12, 2021". The Morning Column.
  17. ^ Esnaashari, Farbod. "Clippers Reveal Groundbreaking Date For New Inglewood Arena". FanNation.
  18. ^ Newcomb, Tim. "L.A. Clippers Partner With Intuit And Plan High-Tech Intuit Dome". forbes.com.

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