Intuit Dome is a new indoor stadium developed in Inglewood, California, US, for the Los Angeles Clippers (LA Clippers), an American professional basketball team competing in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
The 18,000-seat indoor sports arena hosts NBA matches, including pre-season games, season games and playoffs. It also hosts conventions, concerts, corporate or civic events and other sporting events throughout the year.
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LA Clippers’ partners in the project include financial software developer Intuit and personal finance provider Aspiration, both based in California.
Intuit secured the exclusive naming rights for the arena under a 23-year partnership with the LA Clippers. Aspiration was named Intuit Dome’s first founding partner under a multi-year partnership with the LA Clippers in September 2021. It helped build the facility as a sustainable arena.
The ground-breaking ceremony of the $2bn new arena took place in September 2021, and the arena topped out in August 2022. The venue opened in August 2024, ahead of the 2024-2025 NBA season.
More than 7,000 construction jobs were created during the build phase, and the venue sustains up to 1,500 permanent roles. Intuit Dome is estimated to generate around $260m in annual economic activity.
Intuit Dome location
The Intuit Dome site is located in the southwestern portion of Inglewood, California. It lies within Los Angeles County, approximately 16km south of downtown Los Angeles.
The 28-acre (11.33ha) arena is situated to the south of the Hollywood Park Specific Plan (HPSP) area, across West Century Boulevard. HPSP includes the redevelopment of an approximately 238-acre site into a mixed-use development with retail units, accommodations, office spaces, community areas and a hotel.
The Los Angeles International Airport and the Forum, an indoor entertainment venue with a seating capacity of approximately 17,500, are located within a 3.2km radius of the site.
Intuit Dome design details
The 915,000ft² (85,006m²) arena is a multi-faceted, ellipsoid structure with a maximum height of 150ft (45.7m) above ground level. The building’s exterior includes a steel frame with diagrid geometry inspired by a basketball net with a ball passing through it.
The distinctive façade features a lattice of diamond-shaped, interwoven PTFE and ETFE panels, engineered to perform multiple functions and adapt to the varying requirements of different zones across the building envelope.
The façade and roof of the arena, built using materials such as metals and glass, are easily recognisable and distinctive due to their unique design, while lighting and signage further increase visibility, especially during the night.
Solar panels are installed in the most exposed areas to reduce peak loads during event days.
The arena features an indoor-outdoor approach to leverage the Southern California climate to ensure enough natural ventilation at the entrance and upper concourse.
The main entrance to the arena is located on the ground level on the northern side of the arena structure. Additional entrances are created on the southern edge of the building to allow access to premium ticket holders, performers, staff and players.
An outdoor plaza serves as a gathering and pedestrian area for the attendees. It is surrounded by retail units, commercial areas, and restaurants. The plaza is landscaped with native drought-resistant plants. It also features seating areas, public art and an outdoor stage.
Features of Intuit Dome
The Intuit Dome comprises an 85,000ft² team practice and athletic training facility, 55,000ft² LA Clippers team office space, 25,000ft² sports medicine clinic, 48,000ft² space for retail and restaurant units across two levels, 80,000ft² circulation and gathering space, and up to 15,000ft² of space for community uses.
The team practice and training facility features five full-sized basketball courts, a lobby area, a hydrotherapy pool, and training areas. An additional 500 temporary seats are provided to host other sports or entertainment events.
The indoor arena also features changing areas, locker rooms, premium clubs, suites, ticket and box offices, lounges, media areas, kitchens, 120 restrooms, storage and loading docks.
A standout feature is The Wall, a 51-row section behind one basket that seats 4,500 fans, engineered to amplify crowd noise and energy.
Parking facilities at Intuit Dome
A dedicated three-storey, above-ground parking garage with 650 parking spaces is built to the south of the main arena. Known as the South Parking Garage, it is reserved for players and employees of the LA Clippers, premium ticket holders and VIPs.
Located to the west of the arena site, the West Parking Garage is developed as a six-storey structure with 3,110 spaces.
The East Transportation and Hotel component, which is developed 650ft east of the arena, is a three-storey structure.
The first floor of the building serves as a transportation hub with staging space for 20 buses and 23 minibuses, and 182 car spaces for the Transportation Network Company (TNC) for queuing and pick-up/drop-off. The remaining two levels feature 365 parking spaces. The site also includes a 150-room limited-service hotel.
Digital systems installed in Intuit Dome
Intuit Dome features an integrated arena-wide audiovisual (AV) and broadcast ecosystem built around a high-spec audio core with advanced Internet Protocol television (IPTV) and control.
The arena features a JBL Professional sound system and network solutions provided by Q-SYS that extend through club spaces, practice courts, and locker rooms. NEAT video solutions equip all conference rooms, while the venue’s national and in-house ENG cable plant and AV-over-IP backbone support broadcast-grade production and flexible in-venue content.
The main bowl system deploys JBL VTX A12 sound solutions in the centre, VTX A8 sound solutions on the outer delays, and PD500 loudspeakers for upper delay fills.
Suspended above the court, the 38,375ft² double-sided Daktronics 4K UHD Halo Board – with more than 233 million LEDs – is structurally central and designed for clear sightlines from every seat, especially the upper tiers. An inner ring of eight clusters covers the lower bowl, with multiple smaller line arrays aimed at the halo’s outer edge.
On the visual and control side, a CISCO VisionEdge IPTV platform and BrightSign media players drive addressable digital signage. Q-SYS Control Engines manage displays while touch locations use Wipro VisionEdge-Go, an application that extends the VisionEdge environment for streamlined control and content management.
Sustainability features
Intuit Dome is developed as a 100% carbon-free facility. It is the first sports arena in the world to be built with 100% embodied carbon concrete.
The arena secured a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum certification from the US Green Building Council and is designed to operate as a fully electric venue with batteries and solar power.
It is equipped with an 11MW on-site battery energy storage system to meet the electricity needs of a basketball game or a concert.
An on-site waste reduction programme is implemented to reduce the amount of waste that goes to landfills. Furthermore, the arena focuses on improving the regional air quality.
Intuit Dome also has a mechanism in place to monitor annual greenhouse gas emissions and transportation impact.
Other sustainable features of the all-electric arena include reclaimed water systems and modular plant systems.
Construction details
Major pours for the Intuit Dome stadium included a 2,572 cubic yards (yd³) (1,966m³) foundation, a 980yd³ deck, and more than 73,000yd³ of concrete.
Aluma frames and Peri PD5 shoring formed the decks, with 25-30ft towers assembled on the ground and tilted into place. Four 15ft-wide delay strips divided the building into four work zones. Elliptical decks over a rectilinear grid, 5ft 6in downturn beams, 3ft-thick walls and tight corners made shoring and wall-form design highly complex.
More than 270 baseplates support 454,000ft² of slab-on-metal deck above the Plaza Level. Anchor bolt precision was especially critical at the loading dock, where 200,000lb steel trusses span large openings.
At anchor bolt locations, heavy rebar and central shear lugs transfer lateral loads to the concrete deck. Rectangular voids accommodate structural steel beneath each base plate, welded to the column before grouting.
Contractors involved
AECOM was the lead designer for the Intuit Dome stadium. The core design team also includes Anderson Barker Architects, Henderson Engineering, Hood Design Studio, Walter P Moore, City Design Studio and Labib Funk & Associates.
Anderson Barker Architects and City Design Studio provided the design for the plaza buildings while Hood Studios designed the landscape architecture.
A joint venture (JV) of AECOM Hunt and Turner Construction was selected as the construction manager for the project. Largo Concrete produced concrete for the stadium.
The environmental impact study was conducted by Fehr & Peers and Environmental Science Associates (ESA).
