The Los Angeles Lakers and L.A. Clippers have a rivalry born out of proximity, but it is clear to all in the basketball world that the city will always bleed Purple and Gold.
Since Steve Ballmer bought the Clippers, however, he has made it a point to try and separate the team from their Staples Center co-tenants and forge a new identity. To that end, Ballmer ended up buying The Forum in Inglewood for $400 million in cash in order to build a new arena.
Construction on the new arena, which will be named the Intuit Dome, recently broke ground and former Lakers legend and current Clippers consultant Jerry West discussed how the building will help them move out of the Lakers shadow, via Andre Greif of L.