LA Clippers to announce plans for new arena in Inglewood

[Dale Gribble]

I'm assuming Ballmer doesn't care for hockey, and there's clearly a reason as to why I'm not a Billionaire, but why wouldn't Ballmer just buy the Ducks, get the Arena lease, and move the Clippers there ?
Does LA really need another arena ?
Do they even really want the Clippers ?

 

[gstommylee]

I'm assuming Ballmer doesn't care for hockey, and there's clearly a reason as to why I'm not a Billionaire, but why wouldn't Ballmer just buy the Ducks, get the Arena lease, and move the Clippers there ?
Does LA really need another arena ?
Do they even really want the Clippers ?

The clippers are not moving out of LA. The NBA will never allow it. Ballmer isn't interest in the NHL or the Seattle sodo arena would been built in Seattle with Balmer owner of the NHL Seattle team.

 

[Boeser Fan]

I'm assuming Ballmer doesn't care for hockey, and there's clearly a reason as to why I'm not a Billionaire, but why wouldn't Ballmer just buy the Ducks, get the Arena lease, and move the Clippers there ?
Does LA really need another arena ?
Do they even really want the Clippers ?

The Ducks recently extended there lease in Anaheim through 2048 and the NBA clearly wants 2 franchises in Los Angeles.

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

The clippers originally were San Diego Clippers before being moved to LA.

Buffalo, tommy, as Fenway has pointed out several times, is the original home of the Clippers just as Rochester is the real 'home' of the Kings/Royals that play in Sacramento, nevermind Cincinnati, Omaha/Kansas City, since the Kings actually honor Oscar Robertson, even though he never played in Rochester, Kansas City/Omaha, or Sacramento.

 

[Centrum Hockey]

I'm assuming Ballmer doesn't care for hockey, and there's clearly a reason as to why I'm not a Billionaire, but why wouldn't Ballmer just buy the Ducks, get the Arena lease, and move the Clippers there ?
Does LA really need another arena ?
Do they even really want the Clippers ?

the Lakers would love it if the clippers moved they could have a monopoly on the market.

 

[Butch 19]

the Lakers would love it if the clippers moved they could have a monopoly on the market.

?? LOL - the Lakers already have a monopoly, no matter how good or bad the team is.

The media openly mocks the Clippers.

 

[Centrum Hockey]

?? LOL - the Lakers already have a monopoly, no matter how good or bad the team is.

The media openly mocks the Clippers.

I meant more in a business sense they could charge a lot more than they already do for season tickets. If they where the only team in town.

 

[CHRDANHUTCH]

I meant more in a business sense they could charge a lot more than they already do for season tickets. If they where the only team in town.

they've done that for years, Centrum, that includes the LA Kings

 

[Dale Gribble]

The clippers are not moving out of LA. The NBA will never allow it. Ballmer isn't interest in the NHL or the Seattle sodo arena would been built in Seattle with Balmer owner of the NHL Seattle team.

The Ducks recently extended there lease in Anaheim through 2048 and the NBA clearly wants 2 franchises in Los Angeles.

Yeesh... tough crowd. The Clippers are already an afterthought, and as I brought does the LA Metro really need yet another arena ?
Ballmer likes spending ridiculous amount of many, and this hockey fan wouldn't mind seeing him spend it on hockey. Anaheim could work, but it's just a pipe dream of mine.

 

[TheLegend]

Buffalo, tommy, as Fenway has pointed out several times, is the original home of the Clippers just as Rochester is the real 'home' of the Kings/Royals that play in Sacramento, nevermind Cincinnati, Omaha/Kansas City, since the Kings actually honor Oscar Robertson, even though he never played in Rochester, Kansas City/Omaha, or Sacramento.

San Diego’s original pro basketball team was the ABA Conquistadors. They lasted for four seasons (renamed the Sails the fourth year) and then folded in 1975. Clippers franchise came in three years later from Buffalo.

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

Inglewood seems to make little sense. It's not far enough away to allow for any fan base differentiation i.e. it's in the very heart of Lakers territory. You're just going from a non-entity in the Lakers' arena to a non-entity in your own arena there.

I'd say they should really be in Vegas yesterday.

 

[gstommylee]

Inglewood seems to make little sense. It's not far enough away to allow for any fan base differentiation i.e. it's in the very heart of Lakers territory. You're just going from a non-entity in the Lakers' arena to a non-entity in your own arena there.

I'd say they should really be in Vegas yesterday.

Clippers are not leaving LA. NBA would never allow it.

 

[Centrum Hockey]

San Diego’s original pro basketball team was the ABA Conquistadors. They lasted for four seasons (renamed the Sails the fourth year) and then folded in 1975. Clippers franchise came in three years later from Buffalo.

The rockets played in San Diego from 1967-71 Houston Rockets - Wikipedia

 

[TheLegend]

The rockets played in San Diego from 1967-71 Houston Rockets - Wikipedia

Holy cow I forgot all about them!!!

Thanks for that.

 

[Boeser Fan]

Yeesh... tough crowd. The Clippers are already an afterthought, and as I brought does the LA Metro really need yet another arena ?
Ballmer likes spending ridiculous amount of many, and this hockey fan wouldn't mind seeing him spend it on hockey. Anaheim could work, but it's just a pipe dream of mine.

Well sorry to be the bearer of bad news but that's not happening the Clippers and Ducks have never been connected and never will.

 

[la patineuse]

I'm assuming Ballmer doesn't care for hockey, and there's clearly a reason as to why I'm not a Billionaire, but why wouldn't Ballmer just buy the Ducks, get the Arena lease, and move the Clippers there ?
Does LA really need another arena ?
Do they even really want the Clippers ?

Ballmer can't just buy the Ducks because they're not for sale. The Samuelis' own the management agreement for the Honda Center as well the Ducks, so why would they sell the only professional sports team tenant of the arena they operate? Plus, the Samuelis are local OC owners who have invested heavily in growing hockey in OC by buying and operating many ice and inline rinks, starting a high school hockey league and most recently building the Five Points ice facility.

 

[sexydonut]

Inglewood is a borderline dump and not particularly convenient.

But these oligarchs (Balmer, the Walmart heirs, etc.) see prime redevelopment potential.

 

[BKIslandersFan]

Inglewood is a borderline dump and not particularly convenient.

But these oligarchs (Balmer, the Walmart heirs, etc.) see prime redevelopment potential.

Even when the light rail line is done its still gonna be 2 miles away from the Rams stadium.

 

[Brodie]

Hot take: the Ducks should move to the Inglewood arena and rebrand as the Los Angeles Ducks

 

[Terry Yake]

yeah i can't see the NBA allowing the clips to leave LA at this point despite the fact that they will always play second fiddle to the lakers

and i get it. the clips want their own arena because from the second they moved into staples center in 1999 they have played under the lakers shadow of success. i mean just a year or two ago after ballmer took over they began covering up the lakers title banners during their home games. and up until recently, the clippers were a complete afterthought for the arena itself. always getting schedules for weekend matinee games while the lakers got the prime slots. not to mention that staples center's lower level seats were mostly purple during the arena's first decade or so. you would have never been able to guess a team aside from the lakers and kings played there up until recently

but i'm really not sure how much having their own arena will change things for the team. staples is a prime venue and the team has started to receive far more recognition from the arena and the city in recent years

 

[Brodie]

the Clippers leaving San Diego seems like a dumb move in retrospect.

 

[BKIslandersFan]

the Clippers leaving San Diego seems like a dumb move in retrospect.

I mean you think Ballmer would have paid all that money for San Diego Clippers?

 

[CHIP72]

Inglewood is a borderline dump and not particularly convenient.

But these oligarchs (Balmer, the Walmart heirs, etc.) see prime redevelopment potential.

I believe the new Rams/Chargers stadium is intended to be an entertainment complex rather than merely a stadium, similar to the arena being built in San Francisco, and the Clippers want to get in on that action by building their own arena next to the new stadium.

 

[CHIP72]

the Clippers leaving San Diego seems like a dumb move in retrospect.

The primary reason (and I'd argue the only reason) it looks like a dumb move is because Donald Sterling was a terrible owner. Had the Clippers organization consistently tried to create a competitive team since the franchise moved to Los Angeles in 1984, the Clippers would be much more prominent in Los Angeles. They'd still be a clear second fiddle to the Lakers, but would be more analogous to say the Mets in New York than what they actually have been for most of their history in Los Angeles. There would have been/would even be times when the Clippers would overshadow the Lakers for a few years, like the Mets did with the Yankees for much of the period between 1984 and 1990.

 

[Brodie]

I mean you think Ballmer would have paid all that money for San Diego Clippers?

I mean the amount Ballmer paid doesn't mean anything except to the owners of other franchises.

I think owning one of two pro sports teams in the 8th largest city in the country would probably still be desirable