The NBA season has started and so has the LA Clippers‘ journey to do better this year. Perhaps that’s the reason why Steve Ballmer is committed to bringing fresh vibes. His first step? Give the Clippers a new $2 billion stadium. Yes, we’re talking about the Intuit Dome and it looks mesmerizing, to say the least. Forget about the 1,400 toilets in the facility. As astonishing as it is to think about, the new Halo Board in the arena blows everything out of the water!

ESPN described the Clippers preseason game at the Intuit Dome as “dress rehearsals” because the richest owner in the NBA is a bit cautious of his magnum opus. The real fan experience will be on display at the season opener against the Phoenix Suns. The goal of this arena is to give players a world-class facility and the fans an immersive watching experience.

A couple of NBA journalists have already started sharing the magnificent optics inside the arena. Farbod Esnaashari of Sports Illustrated was quick to share the views from the inside in a video on X captioned, “The Clippers’ new entrance using the Halo Board at Intuit Dome is spectacular. It looks incredible in person.”

It’s indeed ineffable. The 360-degree oval screen will keep the fans engaged. Just imagine watching previews and highlights on that thing! Esnaashari showed the houseful arena, and people hooked to the Halo Board while it telecasted the cameras on the court. The video captioned, “The LA Clippers get their very first introduction ever at the Intuit Dome. What a sight,” is inexplicable to watch.

This is reportedly the most expensive arena in the NBA and Steve Ballmer, being a former Microsoft CEO, didn’t want any technological glitches to mess up the experience. He was pretty adamant about not having those problems straight from the get-go.

Ohm Youngmisuk of ESPN reported what the Clippers owner had in mind before the official launch of his brainchild. “I don’t want to see [any technological glitches] opening night. I really don’t. And I’ll probably hold my breath a little. It’s like showing your new baby. There’s a bunch of things where I’ll be worried. But I think most of them will be just fine,” said Ballmer.

The vibes inside the arena forced us to know more about this $2 billion state-of-the-art basketball facility.

Steve Ballmer’s $2 billion investment had started test runs way back!

The construction of this jaw-dropper began 2 years ago, and it’s surprising how far it has come in such little time. Ballmer organized multiple concerts for Bruno Mars, Usher, and many others as a means to soft launch the facility and had his fair share of issues early on. The arena aims to offer fans a seamless experience, but before the regular season started, the Intuit Dome application had some issues with integrations with platforms like Ticketmaster and a couple of others, causing a delay, for as long as 40 minutes one time!

However, Steve Ballmer believes that those issues are sorted now. The Dome has a capacity of 17.9k people, compared to the United Center, which holds an NBA high of 20.9k people. But for all this to be fruitful, the LA Clippers have to win games, at least the ones that happen at home. But, the Clippers owner was confident that the fans would be hooked to his creation from the get-go.

“We’re going to try to make this the most intimate, exciting place in the world to watch a basketball game,” Steve Ballmer told ESPN last week. “And I think we’re there. On the 23rd of October, when we open, that will be validated.”

Now, all that’s left is for the LA side’s players to do well and provide a great ROI to their beloved franchise owner’s investment. How do you think James Harden and the Clippers will do this season? Let us know below.