LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Clippers want a new arena of their own and have focused in on Inglewood, California, as their future home.
The Inglewood City Council is scheduled to vote Thursday on an exclusive negotiating agreement with the Clippers to build a state-of-the-art arena on city-owned land. The 18,000- to 20,000-seat arena would be fully financed by Clippers owner Steve Ballmer, sources said. Ballmer, who is worth an estimated $31.8 billion, bought the Clippers for $2 billion in 2014.
The arena would sit on 22 acres just south of where a $2.