The Intuit Dome Era

On August 15, 2024, the Intuit Dome opened in Inglewood. Two billion dollars, privately financed by Steve Ballmer, and designed around one obsession: basketball, with no hockey lines, no other tenants, and no one else's banners in the rafters. For the first time in franchise history, the Clippers are nobody's roommate.

The building as a statement

The Dome's signature is The Wall: 51 uninterrupted rows of seats behind the opponent's basket, reserved for the loudest fans, where opposing jerseys are not welcome. Add the halo scoreboard that wraps the entire bowl, and the message is clear. This franchise spent five decades as a guest. It does not intend to feel like one ever again.

For fans who sat in a half-empty Sports Arena, or bought upper-deck Staples seats under someone else's championship banners, walking into this building is genuinely emotional. Empty rafters never looked so much like a promise.

Season one: the happy surprise

The first Dome season, 2024-25, was supposed to be a rebuild in disguise. Paul George had just left for nothing. Instead, Ivica Zubac turned into one of the best two-way centers in basketball, James Harden carried the offense back to an All-Star level, Norman Powell played the best ball of his career, and the Clippers won 50 games. It ended the most Clippers way possible, a Game 7 loss in Denver, and it was still the most fun anyone had watching this team since 2021.

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The Point God, One Last Lap

Season two: the honest one

The 2025 offseason got ambitious. Chris Paul came home at age 40 to finish what he started. Bradley Beal arrived after a buyout, Brook Lopez signed on, and John Collins came over in the Powell trade. On paper, a deep and fascinating roster. On the court, 42-40, ninth in the West, and a play-in loss to Golden State in April 2026. Age and injuries did what they do.

We are not going to spin that, because that is not what this site is for. The record is the record. The building is the best in basketball, and the next great Clippers team will not have to share its address with anyone.

The turn: Kawhi goes home

On July 1, 2026, the front office made the era's defining call. Kawhi Leonard was traded back to Toronto, the city he won the 2019 title with, for Brandon Ingram, Gradey Dick, unprotected first round picks in 2031 and 2033, two second rounders, and a 2027 pick swap. Just like that, the last thread of the 2019 all-in swing is cut, the asset drawer is refilled, and the Dome era has its own young core to argue about. Whatever happens next happens on this page.

Why this era feels different anyway

Every previous era of this franchise operated from a position of weakness: bad owner, bad building, or both. This one does not. The owner spends, the arena sells out, the practice facility and front office are genuinely elite, and Inglewood is building a generation of kids whose first and only team plays on Century Boulevard. The history on this site exists so those kids inherit the whole story, the 12-70 and the 50-win surprises alike.

This page will keep updating as the era unfolds. When something big happens, we will write it down here, plainly, the way we have written down everything else for the past 55 years.