Summary:
- The Los Angeles Clippers have announced their plans to move the G League team to Oceanside.
- The team will also be rebranded as the San Diego Clippers.
- The season 2024-2025 will host all new games at the new Frontwave Arena.
During a press event held at the Frontwave Arena at the start of the week, the Los Angeles Clippers announced they would relocate the G League basketball team to Oceanside, on the far northern side of San Diego County.
The League G crew will also be rebranded under the “San Diego Clippers” name. Their new G League San Diego Clippers logo was also unveiled during the press conference.
The team will start using the location at the Frontwave Srena beginning with the 2024-2025 season, switching from its current location in Ontario in San Bernardino County.
For the time being, the team that is currently named “Ontario Clippers” will finish the 2023-24 G League season in Ontario, California.
Frontwave Arena is located 37 miles north of Pechanga Arena, where the team Clippers played between 1978 and 1984 until they eventually relocated to Los Angeles.
The Arena can host up to 7,500 people and it will officially open this summer. It will also turn into the home of the San Diego Sockers, a soccer team that plays indoors.
The location will also host a series of entertainment and sporting events including community events, comedy shows, and concerts.
Halo Sports and Entertainment’s chief executive officer, Gillian Zucker, commented on the new move, saying they were “proud to re-introduce the San Diego Clippers into this passionate sports market”.
Zucker called the G League team “a critical part” of their business and basketball operations while expressing excitement about relocating to the new Frontwave Arena in the upcoming season.
Halo Sports and Entertainment is the new umbrella brand that encompasses the Clippers and their G League team.
They will be joined by the Kia Forum and Intuit Dome in managing the business operations of the rebranded team.
Of the 18 players that are part of the Las Angeles Clippers’ roster today, a dozen have spent time in the G League during their career.
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