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LOS ANGELES CLIPPERS
WESTERN CONFERENCE

GENERAL

Stadium: Staples Center
Capacity: 18,977
Built: 1999 / $400 M USD
Head office: 3939 S. Figueroa St. Los Angeles, CA 90037
Phone: (213)745-0500
Fax:
Website: clippers.com OR nba.com/clippers
E-Mail:
Radio flagship: 1150 KXTA-AM (LA) & 690 XETRA-AM (Tijuana/San Diego)
Local television:
Corporate partners/sponsors: Anheuser-Busch, Corona, Dodge, Kia Motors, JetBlue Airways, Metro PCS, Staples.
Mascot: None
Established: 1970 (National Basketball Association expansion)
Franchise ancestry: Buffalo Braves 1970-1978
San Diego Clippers 1978-1984
Los Angeles Clippers 1984 to present

BUSINESS OF WINNINGchampionships

ATTENDANCE
2011-2012 COMING SOON
Home Dates: 41
Home Attendance Average: N/A
Home Attendance Drawing Capacity: N/A
Home Attendance Total: N/A
Home Attendance Rank: click here for 2010-2011 rank

Team Marketing Report:
Average Ticket Cost & Fan Cost Index: click here
2010-'11 Estimated Gate Receipts: $45M USD


ATLANTA MARKET

MARKET SIZE

City Population: 3,847,059
Metropolitan Area Population: 12,875,587
Greater Metro Area Population: 16,373,645
City size ranking: #2 in US / Tied #2 in NBA
Metro area size ranking: #2 in US / Tied #2 in NBA
Greater Metro area size ranking: #2 in US / Tied #2 in NBA
Designated Market Area (DMA): 5,654,260 TV homes / 4.94% of US
DMA ranking: #2 in US / #2 in NL / Tied #2 in NBA
Source: Nielsen 2008, US Census Bureau 2005 and 2007

FRANCHISE FINANCIALS

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OWNERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT

Owner: Donald Sterling
Acquisition date/price: 1981 / $13 M USD
General Manager & Head Coach: Mike Dunleavy, Sr.
Stadium: Owned and operated by AEG (Anschutz Entertainment Group)
Concessions: Levy Restaurants

MARKET ECONOMICS

Economic Description: Seaport, trade centre, general and diversified – International trade, entertainment (television, motion pictures, recorded music), aerospace, technology, petroleum, fashion, apparel, tourism.
Major companies: Six Fortune 500 in City of Los Angeles (Northrop Grumman – aerospace, Occidental Petroleum, Health Net, KB Home, Reliance Steel & Manufacturing, CB Richard Ellis – real estate); Other major companies in LA County: 20th Century Fox, Latham & Watkins, Univision, Paramount Pictures, Fox Sportsnet, Sunkist Growers, Walt Disney, Warner Brothers, DirecTV, Mattel, Dreamworks, Cunard Line, Princess Cruises, RAND (Walt Disney is largest employer in Anaheim, whose economy is driven by tourism and conventions).
City per capita income (ranking): LA $20,671 USD (tied #16 NBA)
Metro area per capita income (ranking): $41,875 USD (#42 US / tied #14 NBA)
State per capita income (ranking): $39,626 USD (#9 US / tied #5 NBA)

MARKET DEMOGRAPHICS

Ethnicity (City of Los Angeles): Race – White 46.9%, Black 11.2%, 10.5% Asian, 31.9% Other (46.5% Hispanic of any race).
Language: 42.2% English, 41.7% Spanish, 2.4% Korean, 2.3% Filipino, 1.7% Armenian, 1.5% Chinese, 1.3% Persian.
Median Age: 32 years.
Political Leadership: Mayor of Los Angeles – Antonio Villaraigosa (Democrat); Governor of California – Arnold Schwarzenegger (R); U.S. Senators – Dianne Feinstein (D), Barbara Boxer (D); U.S. Representatives – 34 Democrat, 19 Republican: Mike Thompson (D), Wally Herger (R ), Dan Lungren (R ), Tom McClintock (R), Doris Matsui (D), Lynn Woolsey (D), George Miller (D), Nancy Pelosi (D – Speaker of the House), Barbara Lee (D), Ellen Tauscher (D), Jerry McNerney (D), Jackie Speer (D), Pete Stark (D), Anna G. Eshoo (D), Mike Honda (D), Zoe Lofgren (D), Sam Farr (D), Dennis Cordossa (D), George Radanovich (R ), Jim Costa (D), Devin Nunes (R), Kevin McCarthy (R), Lois Capps (D), Elton Gallegly (R), Howard McKeown (R), David Greier (R), Brad Sherman (D), Howard L. Berman (D), Adam Schiff (D), Henry Waxman (D), Xavier Solis (D), Diane E. Watson (D), Lucille Roybal-Allard (D), Maxine Waters (D), Jane Harman (D), Laura Dickson (D), Grace Napolitano (D), Linda Sanchez (D), Edward Royce (R), Jerry Lewis (R), Gary Miller (R), Joe Baca (D), Ken Calvert (R), Mary Bono Mack (R), Dona Rohrabacher (R), Loretta Sanchez (D), John Campbell (R), Darrell Issa (R), Brian Bilbray (R), Rob Filner (D), Duncan Hunter (R), Susan A. Davis (D).

Source: Team Marketing Report, ESPN.com, Forbes.com and TheSportMarket.biz