Intuit Dome, the privately financed arena built by Clippers owner Steve Ballmer, will open in August in time for the 2024-25 NBA season. The team had previously announced that Ballmer would meet with reporters at the arena Tuesday.
With an initial budget of $1.8 billion, Intuit Dome will house all of the Clippers’ basketball and business operations, including a practice facility, but the building was also built to court major events. All-Star weekend will be an early showcase for those ambitions.
It will be the first time since 2018, when then-Staples Center hosted, that the league’s annual midseason exhibition is played in Southern California. The All-Star game will be played in Indianapolis next month and in San Francisco in 2025.