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1.快艇老闆大手筆4億買The Forum場館,解決無法蓋新場館的訴訟
2.新場館造價十億美金起跳
3.尼克老闆壞壞,除了自己找快艇麻煩,還幫人出錢告快艇
Clippers buy Forum for $400 million, clearing way for new arena construction
快艇隊以4億美金買下論壇體育館，準備進行新球場建設
By ANDREW GREIF | STAFF WRITER | MARCH 24, 2020 | 4:21 PM
本報記者Andrew Greif報導(2020年3月24日下午4時21分，台灣時間3月25日上午7時21分)
In a deal that ends a long-running legal war with an opponent that had long
fought to block construction of a Clippers arena in Inglewood, team owner
Steve Ballmer on Tuesday reached an agreement to purchase the Forum from
Madison Square Garden Co. for $400 million in cash, according to terms
obtained by The Times.
根據泰晤士報獲得之消息，週二時，快艇隊老闆Steve Ballmer達成協議，以4億美金現金
向麥迪遜花園廣場公司收購論壇體育館，此次交易案結束了長期以來與反對在英格爾伍德
市建造快艇隊球場的反對者之間的法律訴訟戰。
The purchase will be made through a new entity, CAPSS LLC, and is expected to
close during the 2020 second quarter. The Forum will continue to operate as a
live-music venue and all current Forum employees will be extended offers to
continue to work by CAPSS.
這項交易將透過一間名叫CAPSS LLC (Colorado Automobile / Powersport Support
Services LLC,科羅拉多汽車 / 動力戶外支援服務有限公司)的新公司執行，預計將在
2020年第二季完成。論壇體育館將持續作為現場音樂會地點，所有現任論壇體育館員工的
工作合約也將由CAPSS延續下去。
The deal will also resolve litigation brought by MSG, whose executive
chairman is New York Knicks owner James Dolan, to block the Clippers’
proposed privately funded, billion-dollar arena along West Century Boulevard.
Plans call for the arena to be built as part of a larger complex dubbed the
Inglewood Basketball and Entertainment Complex.
這項交易案也將解決麥迪遜花園廣場公司提出欲阻止快艇隊提出沿著西世紀大道興建造價
上億私人出資、造價上十億運動場館之訴訟案，麥迪遜花園廣場公司董事會執行主席就是
紐約尼克隊老闆James Dolan。該計畫要求將該球場建造成稱作英格爾伍德籃球與娛樂綜
合園區的一部分。
MSG was part of three lawsuits trying to block the arena project led by Murphy
’s Bowl LLC, a Clippers-backed entity developing the project. A community
group whose legal fees are being paid by MSG also has one pending suit and
another it is appealing. Murphy’s Bowl countersued MSG last year.
麥迪遜花園廣場公司是試圖阻擋由墨菲盃有限公司領導之球場興建計畫的三項訴訟案之一
，而墨菲盃有限公司是一間由快艇隊出資成立來催生此計畫的公司。一個由麥迪遜花園廣
場公司支付法律訴訟費用的社區團體同時也還有一項未決的訴訟案，而另一件訴訟案目前
正在上訴中。墨菲盃有限公司去年反告麥迪遜花園廣場公司。
“This is an unprecedented time, but we believe in our collective future,”
Ballmer said in a statement. “We are committed to our investment in the City
of Inglewood, which will be good for the community, the Clippers, and our
fans.”
快艇隊老闆Steve Ballmer在聲明中表示，「這是史無前例的時刻，但我們對我們共同的
未來很有信心，我們致力於投資英格爾伍德市，這對社區、快艇隊及我們的球迷都是一件
好事。」