Jerry Buss would be jealous. The legendary Lakers owner innovated the Forum Club, an exclusive in-stadium VIP zone for L.A.’s A-list during games and concerts.
But, like every other club in Los Angeles, alcohol sales were prohibited past 2 a.m., even in the heyday of Showtime. Now, thanks to a bill quietly passed in the California Senate last night, an exclusive venue in Steve Ballmer‘s brand-new Intuit Dome in Inglewood — new home of the Los Angeles Clippers — looks likely to party until 4 a.m.
AB 3206, introduced by Assemblymember Tina McKinnor, authorizes “alcoholic beverage sales to occur between 2 a.m. and 4 a.m.
upon the on-sale licensed premises operated in a fully enclosed arena with a seating capacity of at least 18,000 seats located in the City of Inglewood.” Those sales must “occur in a private area in the arena no larger than 2,500 square feet in the hours immediately following a day on which a sporting event, concert, or other major event, or a private event not open to the public, has occurred in the arena.” Conveniently, the Intuit Dome seats 18,000.
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