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PAT: I'M PAT HARVEY.
JEFF: I'M JEFF VAUGHN IN FOR
RICK GARCIA.
PAT: IN OUR TOP STORY THE
CLIPPERS COULD BE MAKING A FAST
BREAK FOR INGLEWOOD TO BUILD AN
ARENA OF THEIR VERY OWN.
JEFF: THAT IS THE GAME PLAN BUT
CAN ALL SIDES MAKE IT WORK?
THE TEAM AND CITY AGREED TO
EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY.
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SOME FOLKS ARE NOT SO HAPPY
ABOUT THE PROPOSAL.
PAT: RANDY PAGES WIFE WITH MORE
DETAILS ON THE PLAN AND REACTION
TO IT.
REPORTER: LET'S TAKE A LOOK
ACROSS COUNTRY BOULEVARD.
YOU CAN SEE THE WORK IS WELL
UNDERWAY.
NOW AS WE CROSS CENTURY,
OVERPASS PRAIRIE, ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE STREET, THAT'S WHERE
THE MAYOR SAID IT WOULD BE A
GREAT PLACE TO BUILD A
BASKETBALL ARENA.
FIRST THE RAMS, THEN THE
CHARGERS AND NOW THE POSSIBILITY
OF THE CLIPPERS.
ARE WE IN DISNEYLAND YET.
INGLEWOOD MAYOR SAID
PROFESSIONAL SPORTS TEAMS ARE
TRANSFORMING THEIR CITY.
OUR BUSINESS APPLICATIONS ARE
UP.
PROPERTY VALUES HAVE GONE UP
OVER ONE 100%.
AT THE BARBERSHOP A FEW BLOCKS
FROM CITY HALL, EVEN THE LAKER
FANS ARE SMILING.
I BELIEVE IT'S GOOD FOR THE
COMMUNITY AND IT CREATES A LOT
OF JOBS.
REPORTER: FRANCISCO WAS SMILING
TOO.
HE OWNS PROPERTY NEAR THE
PROPOSED SITE FOR THE NEW ARENA.
THEY WILL OFFER A LOT OF
MONEY.
REPORTER: EVEN TENANTS WHO COULD
BE FORCED TO LEAVE DON'T MIND
THE IDEA.
IF THEY COMPENSATE AND WE CAN
MOVE TO ANOTHER PLACE, THAT'S
OKAY.
REPORTER: CHESTER WARD IS
CONFLICTED.
HE'S A DIEHARD CLIPPERS FAN BUT
HE DOESN'T LIKE THE IDEA OF
HAVING THEM MOVE OUT OF THE HOME
HIS FAMILY HAS OWNED FOR
GENERATIONS.
I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY
LEAVING THIS HOUSE.
REPORTER: THE OWNERS OF THE FORM
AREN'T JUMPING FOR JOY EITHER.
THEY SAID IT APPEARS THE CITY OF
INGLEWOOD HAS BEEN DOING A LOT
OF BACKROOM DEALING.
THERE MAY BE A PATH FORWARD BUT
NOT WITHOUT A REAL PUBLIC
PROCESS THAT IS DONE IN THE FULL
LIGHT OF DAY.
THE MAYOR SAID THE FULL LIGHT OF
PROSPERITY WILL SHINE EVEN
BRIGHTER ON HIS CITY IF THE
CLIPPERS COME TO TOWN.
REPORTER: TO BE CLEAR THIS IS IN
THE VERY EARLY STAGES.
THE MAYOR PUT IT SOMEWHAT LIKE
THIS BUT HE SAID WE ARE JUST
