Photos: Intuit Dome goes from concept to completion
Marc Sternfield and Travis Schlepp
Intuit Dome, the new home of the Los Angeles Clippers, opens Thursday with a concert by Bruno Mars. The $2 billion arena, located at Century Boulevard and Prairie Avenue in Inglewood, is designed to accommodate around 18,000 fans and promises to enhance the game-day experience with cutting-edge technology and modern amenities.
INGLEWOOD-CA-SEPTEMBER 17, 2021: L.A. Clippers owner Steve Ballmer takes the stage during a groundbreaking ceremony at the corner of Century Boulevard and Prairie Avenue in Inglewood, where the Intuit Dome will be built, on Friday, September 17, 2021. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Los Angeles, CA. September 16, 2021: Models were on display of the Intuit Dome, the future home of the Los Angeles Clippers. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
INGLEWOOD-CA-SEPTEMBER 17, 2021: VIP including President of Business Operations Gillian Zucker, Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts, Jr., Clippers owner Steve Ballmer, and Clippers players Paul George and Kawhi Leonard, from left, participate in a groundbreaking ceremony at the corner of Century Boulevard and Prairie Avenue in Inglewood, where the Intuit Dome will be built, on Friday, September 17, 2021. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Inglewood, CA – February 09: Site of the Intuit Dome, the new home of the Los Angeles Clippers, under construction Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022 in Inglewood, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Inglewood, CA – February 09: Construction workers at the site of the Intuit Dome, the new home of the Los Angeles Clippers, under construction Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022 in Inglewood, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Inglewood, CA – February 09: A construction worker positions rebar at the site of the Intuit Dome, the new home of the Los Angeles Clippers, under construction Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022 in Inglewood, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
INGLEWOOD, CA – MARCH 07: The Intuit Dome Steel Topping Out, the biggest construction milestone in the building of the LA Clippers new arena, on Tuesday, March 7, 2023 in Inglewood, CA. Home of the LA Clippers NBA basketball team. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
INGLEWOOD, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 10: The future indoor arena for the Los Angeles Clippers The Intuit Dome under construction on September 10, 2023 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Ronald Martinez/Getty Images)
INGLEWOOD, CA – JANUARY 16: Under5 construction Clippers arena Intuit Dome on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024 in Inglewood, CA. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
The Intuit Dome’s exterior is seen under construction in Inglewood, Calif. on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. The NBA has awarded the 2026 All-Star Game to the Los Angeles Clippers’ new arena, which is set to open in time for the 2024-25 season. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
The Intuit Dome is seen under construction in Inglewood, Calif. on Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. The NBA has awarded the 2026 All-Star Game to the Los Angeles Clippers’ new arena, which is set to open in time for the 2024-25 season. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
A basketball courts rests in the under-construction Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. The NBA has awarded the 2026 All-Star Game to the Los Angeles Clippers’ new arena, which is set to open in time for the 2024-25 season. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Members of the media tour the Los Angeles Clippers’ Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif., Thursday, June 22, 2023. The arena is expected to be completed in time for the 2024-25 NBA season. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Los Angeles Clippers Chairman Steve Ballmer explains the seating area specially built for the Clippers’s fans, named the “Front Row Wall,” as he tours with the team the main basketball court under construction at the Intuit Dome opening for the 2024-2025 season in Inglewood, Calif., Tuesday, March 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Los Angeles Clippers celebrate the steel topping out of the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif., Tuesday, March 7, 2023. The Intuit Dome will be the future home of the Los Angeles Clippers. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
A basketball hoop is set under the steel structure roof of Intuit Dome, the future home of the Los Angeles Clippers in Inglewood, Calif., Tuesday, March 7, 2023.(AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Members of the media tour the Los Angeles Clippers’ Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif., Thursday, June 22, 2023. The arena is expected to be completed in time for the 2024-25 NBA season. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Los Angeles Clippers team members listen to Chairman Steve Ballmer, front center, at a ceremony celebrating the topping out of the Intuit Dome, future home of NBA basketball’s Clippers, in Inglewood, Calif., Tuesday, March 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
A worker stands near a signed steel beam at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif., Tuesday, March 7, 2023, during a topping-out ceremony at the future of the the Los Angeles Clippers. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
A exterior view of the Intuit Dome, the Los Angeles Clippers new arena, during a press preview on July 19, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
A basketball courts rests in the under-construction Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024. The NBA has awarded the 2026 All-Star Game to the Los Angeles Clippers’ new arena, which is set to open in time for the 2024-25 season. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Inglewood, CA – April 17: Media walks by a sign of the ‘Ultimate Wall Pass” for future patrons at Intuit Dome on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 in Inglewood, CA. (Michael Blackshire / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
The final steel beam being raised at the Intuit Dome on March 7, 2023. (KTLA)
A plane flies over the Los Angeles Clippers’ Intuit Dome in Inglewood, Calif., Thursday, June 22, 2023. The arena is expected to be completed in time for the 2024-25 NBA season. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Inside the Intuit Dome on July 11, 2024 in Inglewood, California. The Intuit Dome will be the new home for the LA Clippers NBA basketball team and part of planned venues for the 2028 Olympics. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)
INGLEWOOD, CA – JULY 19: A view of Halo Board featuring Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer and court inside the Intuit Dome during a press preview on July 19, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
INGLEWOOD, CA – JULY 19: A view of Halo Board and court inside the Intuit Dome, the Los Angeles Clippers new arena, during a press preview on July 19, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
INGLEWOOD, CA – JULY 19: A view of Halo Board inside the Intuit Dome, the Los Angeles Clippers new arena, during a press preview on July 19, 2024 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Jevone Moore/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
Inglewood, CA – July 19: The Halo Board is displayed showing ocean waves at Intuit Dome on Friday, July 19, 2024 in Inglewood, CA. (Michael Blackshire / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Attendees walk to the entrance of the Intuit Dome during a preview of public artworks at the Intuit Dome on July 11, 2024 in Inglewood, California. The Intuit Dome will be the new home for the LA Clippers NBA basketball team and part of planned venues for the 2028 Olympics. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)
The Halo Board at Intuit Dome. July 19, 2024. (KTLA)
INGLEWOOD, CA – JULY 19: An interior view of the Intuit Dome, the Los Angeles Clippers new arena, during a press preview on July 19, 2024 in Inglewood, California. (Photo by Jevone Moore/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JULY 11: A general exterior view of the Intuit Dome during an art reveal press preview on July 11, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JULY 11: A general view during an art reveal press preview at Intuit Dome on July 11, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Owens/Getty Images)
View of the Intuit Dome on July 11, 2024 in Inglewood, California. The Intuit Dome will be the new home for the LA Clippers NBA basketball team and part of planned venues for the 2028 Olympics. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)
The sculpture Sails by artist Glenn Kaino stands as public artwork outside of the Intuit Dome on July 11, 2024 in Inglewood, California. The Intuit Dome will be the new home for the LA Clippers NBA basketball team and part of planned venues for the 2028 Olympics. (Photo by Patrick T. Fallon / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE – MANDATORY MENTION OF THE ARTIST UPON PUBLICATION – TO ILLUSTRATE THE EVENT AS SPECIFIED IN THE CAPTION (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)
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The Clippers’ move to the Intuit Dome represents a significant step in the team’s efforts to establish a dedicated and permanent home in L.A., where it has shared an arena with the Los Angeles Lakers and L.A. Kings of the NHL since 1999.
Among its many unique features, seats in the upper bowl are 45 feet closer to the court than at the team’s current home at Crypto.com Arena.
Taking a page from European soccer and collegiate sports, the Clippers will have a dedicated supporter section aptly named “The Wall.” The Wall is comprised of 51 uninterrupted rows of seats, filled with 4,500 fans stacked high and close to the action.
A more-than-38,000-square-foot double-sided “halo” board comprised of more than 233 million LEDs will hang from the roof of Intuit Dome, giving every person in attendance clear view of the current action, score, time and in-arena entertainment.
