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重点：
1.快艇老板大手笔4亿买The Forum场馆,解决无法盖新场馆的诉讼
2.新场馆造价十亿美金起跳
3.尼克老板坏坏,除了自己找快艇麻烦,还帮人出钱告快艇
Clippers buy Forum for $400 million, clearing way for new arena construction
快艇队以4亿美金买下论坛体育馆，准备进行新球场建设
By ANDREW GREIF | STAFF WRITER | MARCH 24, 2020 | 4:21 PM
本报记者Andrew Greif报导(2020年3月24日下午4时21分，台湾时间3月25日上午7时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.
根据泰晤士报获得之消息，周二时，快艇队老板Steve Ballmer达成协议，以4亿美金现金
向麦迪逊花园广场公司收购论坛体育馆，此次交易案结束了长期以来与反对在英格尔伍德
市建造快艇队球场的反对者之间的法律诉讼战。
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.
这项交易将透过一间名叫CAPSS LLC (Colorado Automobile / Powersport Support
Services LLC,科罗拉多汽车 / 动力户外支援服务有限公司)的新公司执行，预计将在
2020年第二季完成。论坛体育馆将持续作为现场音乐会地点，所有现任论坛体育馆员工的
工作合约也将由CAPSS延续下去。
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.
这项交易案也将解决麦迪逊花园广场公司提出欲阻止快艇队提出沿着西世纪大道兴建造价
上亿私人出资、造价上十亿运动场馆之诉讼案，麦迪逊花园广场公司董事会执行主席就是
纽约尼克队老板James Dolan。该计画要求将该球场建造成称作英格尔伍德篮球与娱乐综
合园区的一部分。
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.
麦迪逊花园广场公司是试图阻挡由墨菲杯有限公司领导之球场兴建计画的三项诉讼案之一
，而墨菲杯有限公司是一间由快艇队出资成立来催生此计画的公司。一个由麦迪逊花园广
场公司支付法律诉讼费用的社区团体同时也还有一项未决的诉讼案，而另一件诉讼案目前
正在上诉中。墨菲杯有限公司去年反告麦迪逊花园广场公司。
“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.”
快艇队老板Steve Ballmer在声明中表示，“这是史无前例的时刻，但我们对我们共同的
未来很有信心，我们致力于投资英格尔伍德市，这对社区、快艇队及我们的球迷都是一件
好事。”