Steve Ballmer On Proposed Clippers Arena In Inglewood: I Want It To Be About Basketball

Post #1 » by **RealGM Wiretap** » Fri Jul 26, 2019 6:29 am

Steve Ballmer unveiled a proposal for a new basketball arena for the Los Angeles Clippers located. The proposed stadium will be located on 26 acres in Inglewood and seat 18,500 fans.

"I want it to be beautiful. But I want it to be about basketball. I want it to be comfortable. But I want it to be about basketball," Ballmer told Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN.

Ballmer is confident that the stadium will get built despite a lawsuit filed by Madison Square Garden, which owns The Forum in Inglewood.

Ballmer added he took inspiration from other NBA teams in the type of intensity he wants to create in the new arena.

"I want it to be a noisy building. I really want that kind of energy; think Oracle [Arena] has been that way, Utah, Portland has got good energy...I think that we can get real noise, real energy in the building."

Via Ohm Youngmisuk/ESPN

Vegeta10176 · Post #2 » by **Vegeta10176** » Fri Jul 26, 2019 7:05 am

Whatever he wants it to be it won't be being built in Inglewood..

IWishIWasHarden · Post #3 » by **IWishIWasHarden** » Fri Jul 26, 2019 8:02 am

In other words, he'd like his building to offer a great home team advantage.

You'd assume all owners would have done this if it were a legal move.

Knicks7Tape · Post #4 » by **Knicks7Tape** » Fri Jul 26, 2019 8:04 am

Vegeta10176 wrote:Whatever he wants it to be it won't be being built in Inglewood..

Sounds like they already approved it.

LAKESHOW · Post #5 » by **LAKESHOW** » Fri Jul 26, 2019 9:01 am

Watch on YouTube

My homeboy drivin me to Inglewood, runnin into Clipper Fans.

Vegeta10176 · Post #6 » by **Vegeta10176** » Fri Jul 26, 2019 11:26 am

Knicks7Tape wrote:
Vegeta10176 wrote:Whatever he wants it to be it won't be being built in Inglewood..

Sounds like they already approved it.

They did but Dolans contract is pretty ironclad they will lose in court..

pssshhhrrr87 · Post #7 » by **pssshhhrrr87** » Fri Jul 26, 2019 11:31 am

Kawhi will convince Ballmer to move the Clips back to San Diego... :lol:

Johnny Bball · Post #8 » by **Johnny Bball** » Fri Jul 26, 2019 4:56 pm

Get ready for fan noise to be pumped through the speakers.

dan-man · Post #9 » by **dan-man** » Fri Jul 26, 2019 11:18 pm

His plan of overtaking LA stops at the word Inglewood.

alphatron10 · Post #10 » by **alphatron10** » Fri Jul 26, 2019 11:59 pm

pssshhhrrr87 wrote:Kawhi will convince Ballmer to move the Clips back to San Diego...

i think that would actually be a good idea, move the LA Chargers back there too so that there can be an LA-SD rivalry

commandovlaiq · Post #11 » by **commandovlaiq** » Sat Jul 27, 2019 9:52 am

Vegeta10176 wrote:
Knicks7Tape wrote:
Vegeta10176 wrote:Whatever he wants it to be it won't be being built in Inglewood..

Sounds like they already approved it.

They did but Dolans contract is pretty ironclad they will lose in court..

As long as there is a legal understanding that the Clippers arena will NOT host any concerts (something that Steve seems to be fine with), the Forum will not have anything to suffer from. That's what Dolan is all about. So I guess it's going to happen.

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