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Originally Posted by WilderPegasus
I know very little about the NBA but why wouldn't the Clippers move there instead of being the third tenant at Staples Center? And does Samueli want to own the NBA team or just have someone else own it in his building?
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I don't know if the lease has changed since, but back in the day, the set up for the three teams in LA was much like it is for the Bulls/Hawks in Chicago. The luxury suite revenue (and other streams, iirc) was split evenly across the teams. That meant that the Clippers (and Kings) were benefiting from the Lakers, who were driving luxury suite sales. (Likewise, the moribund Blackhawks were raking it in off the backs of the Bulls, though that may have reversed in the last few seasons)