The Forum Not Pleased With Clippers' Deal With Inglewood

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Not everyone is happy about last week's Inglewood City Council vote approving an arena for the Clippers.

The Clippers initially held talks with the Forum to possibly build an arena in its parking lot, the LA Times reports.

“Approval of the Exclusive Negotiating Agreement would be a violation of the California Environmental Quality Act as it precommits the city without conducting any environmental review,” according to a letter from an attorney for the Forum.

“Given the limited amount of time and lack of notice, the Forum reserves all rights to object to the proposed Exclusive Negotiating Agreement and arena project," it stated.

Inglewood Mayor Hugh Butts' office told Bisnow he has no comment.

The deal between Inglewood and the Clippers-controlled company, Murphy’s Bowl LLC, is for 36 months with a possible six-month extension.

The team will also pay the city a nonrefundable deposit of $1.5M to cover associated costs.

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