![An artist's rendering shows an aerial view of the Clippers' news arena, The Intuit Dome, at night.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/24b31d0/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3217x2144+326+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F34%2F1a%2Fbb68beca4cb0956f4564f9b8195d%2Froof-view.jpg)
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The Clippers announced early Friday that their new arena in Inglewood, scheduled to open before the 2024-25 season, will be The Intuit Dome. Then they held a groundbreaking celebration.
The 18,000-seat arena features unique architecture, roaring acoustics, state-of-the-art technology and a thousand-plus toilets.
![Inside the Clippers' new arena will be a basketball court where the team envisions hosting community events or AAU games.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9131a10/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2500x2000+0+0/resize/2000x1600!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F28%2Fbf%2F51f28dea4bc2a1df43c3cd95a52c%2Flac-logo-ceiling.jpg)
One feature of the arena, the Clippers said, will be 51 unbroken rows of stands behind one basket, a 4,700-seat section that owner Steve Ballmer hopes will become a wall of sound.
![A poster of Kawhi Leonard dunking is featured on one end of the arena, on the concourse behind "The Wall."](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/7567a87/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3200x1800+0+0/resize/2000x1125!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fdf%2F6c%2F622b6d9c4efdbe7695284484490e%2F3-main-concourse-02.jpeg)
A two-sided, oval-shaped scoreboard with 44,000 square feet of LED lights — about 37,000 more square feet than a typical center-hung scoreboard in an NBA arena, the Clippers said — will hang over the court.
![The Intuit Dome's scoreboard will be a two-sided oval, with 44,000 square feet of LED lights.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/cedd937/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2500x1667+0+0/resize/2000x1334!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9b%2Ff7%2F6465a174420b874346c5d69a6cdf%2Fscoreboard.jpg)
The Clippers’ new arena and campus will cost $1.8 billion to build. The 28-acre site for the arena and other properties is at Prairie Avenue and Century Boulevard.
![An artist's rendering shows fans strolling a wide concourse inside the Clippers' new arena, The Intuit Dome.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/028c150/2147483647/strip/true/crop/6000x4000+0+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F28%2F87%2Ffe3be9014da9930057a4be8a3aad%2F5-main-lobby-01-1.jpg)
Ballmer said technology will play a central role in the privately funded arena and its larger campus in Inglewood, which will house all of the team’s operations.
![An artist's rendering of a game at The Intuit Dome shows the interior oval of the scoreboard.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/3591586/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4384x2884+0+0/resize/2000x1316!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F46%2F58%2F32db61a94e78be10dd7f4e4d0a15%2Fla-photos-1staff-841906-sp-0916-intuit-dome-ballmer3-wjs.jpg)
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