Steve Ballmer: Last News

Cynthia Littleton Business Editor Nearly a decade after acquiring the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers, Steve Ballmer is finally realizing his dream to build a bigger and better TV platform for his beloved basketball franchise. The Clippers today are launching ClipperVision, a regional subscription streaming service that offers six channel options for watching the vast majority of the team’s home and away games – more than 70 out of 84 regular season games. The service will cost $199 per season and is available largely in Southern California. The service’s first live stream bows Oct. 22. with an away-game against the Sacramento Kings. One of the six channel feeds will be dedicated to the team’s traditional linear cable TV coverage via Bally Sports. Two more are dedicated to Spanish-language and Korean-language coverage of live games – with the Korean team anchoring from a studio in Seoul.

The Pollstar Live! conference has announced its keynoters for its February conference for the live entertainment industry.

Nike co-founder Phil Knight and Dodgers co-owner Alan Smolinisky have offered, in writing, more than $2 billion for the Portland Trail Blazers NBA franchise according to multiple reports.

Kia has signed a naming rights deal with The Forum, the popular Los Angeles concert venue purchased in 2020 by Clippers owner Steve Ballmer. The news was first reported by our sister site, Sportico.A Kia Forum sign was in place outside the Inglewood arena as of Thursday morning.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorThe Los Angeles Clippers are stepping up their arena game.Steve Ballmer, Los Angeles Clippers chairman, spoke with Variety‘s “Strictly Business” podcast about his plan to build the team a dedicated arena in Inglewood, Calif., scheduled to open in 2024. The team at present shares Staples Center with their NBA rivals, the Los Angeles Lakers.Ballmer has been deeply involved in the planning and design for the venue, which will have state-of-the-art technology features and a host of elements that will make it purpose built for basketball and concert performances.

Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, are calling it quits after nearly 30 years of marriage. In a joint statement on Monday, the couple said the reason for their fissure is simple: "we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple in the next phase of our lives." "Over the last 27 years, we have raised three incredible children and built a foundation that works all over the world to enable all people to lead healthy, productive lives," a tweet from the former pair reads.

Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich and Arsenal chief Stan Kroenke are both among the top 20 richest sports team owners in the world.The two Premier League owners are dwarfed by Mukesh Ambani, who tops the list, being owner of IPL side Mumbai Indians.Abramovich’s net worth, according to Forbes, is £10.5billion compared to Ambani who has amassed a huge £61.3billion.Shahid Khan is the only other football boss on the list with the Jacksonville Jaguars owner also in charge of Fulham.American owners dominate with LA Clippers chief Steve Ballmer in second, while Daniel Gilbert of the Cleveland Cavaliers is third.Abramovich comes in joint-eighth with Kroenke, who also has the LA Rams and Denver Nuggets among his collection, is ranked 14th.Abramovich

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerLos Angeles Clippers coach Doc Rivers and team governor Steve Ballmer talked with Trevor Noah tonight on the Daily Social Distancing Show, revealing that the players and owners of the various teams will be working together to influence legislation and increase voter registration.Asked why the work strike occurred, Rivers said, “The players literally need to take a breath. Like I said earlier, it’s not lost on me that George Floyd was never afforded to take that breath.

Eli Countryman Both Madison Square Garden in New York and the Forum in Los Angeles will be converted into voting locations for the 2020 U.S. presidential election.Earlier today, the NBA announced plans to use its arenas for polling, a move that impacted the decision to offer the Forum up for voting, though the Inglewood, Calif.

L.A. Clippers owner Steve Ballmer, through the recently formed CAPSS LLC, has completed the purchase of The Forum in Inglewood, California, from Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.The Forum will operate as a live event venue operated by the newly-created Forum Entertainment LLC.

By Erik Pedersen

The Inglewood Forum — once home to the 1980s Showtime-era Lakers — is now owned by the Los Angeles Clippers. In a deal announced Tuesday, Clippers owner Steve Ballmer said that he had reached an agreement with The Madison Square Garden Company to buy the Forum for $400 million in cash.To execute the transaction, Ballmer created a new entity called CAPSS LLC.

CAPSS LLC, a new company formed by L.A. Clippers chairman Steve Ballmer and vice chairman Dennis Wong, has reached an agreement with the Madison Square Garden Company to purchase The Forum arena in Inglewood, California, for $400 million in cash, it was announced Tuesday (March 24).In addition to the acquisition, the agreement will resolve three separate lawsuits filed by Madison Square Garden Company chairman James Dolan against Ballmer and the City of Inglewood over Ballmer’s plans to build a new 18,000 seat basketball arena for the Clippers less than two miles from The Forum.

By Erik Pedersen

The Clippers organization has reached an agreement to purchase The Forum in Inglewood, Calif. from The Madison Square Garden Company for $400 million cash. The iconic venue will continue to host concerts while plans for a “fan-focused community project” that includes a NBA arena and team headquarters, also move forward.

Steve Ballmer, owner of the National Basketball Association’s Los Angeles Clippers, is “in advanced negotiations” to purchase The Forum in Inglewood, California, from the Madison Square Garden Company, according to reports in ESPN and the Los Angeles Times. While the deal would advance the franchise’s efforts to build a new home arena in the area, it would also change the complicated — and at times contentious — ownership structure of Los Angeles-area arenas, which also involves major venues in New York and London.

Clippers owner Steve Ballmer is finalizing a plan to purchase the Forum in Los Angeles from Madison Square Garden in a deal that would pave the way for Ballmer to build a new 18,000-seat basketball arena for the NBA team, Billboard has confirmed. First reported by ESPN, the sale would see billionaire MSG chairman James Dol