Where do the Los Angeles Lakers play basketball?
STAPLES Center

Staples Center, officially stylized as STAPLES Center, is a multi-purpose arena in Downtown Los Angeles and is the home of the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL). Adjacent to the L.A. Live development, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center complex along Figueroa Street. The arena opened on October 17, 1999. Staples Center is also host to over 250 events and nearly 4 million guests each year. It is the only arena in the NBA shared by two teams, as well as one of only two North American professional sports venues to host two teams from the same league; MetLife Stadium, the home of the National Football League's New York Giants and New York Jets, is the other. Staples Center is the venue of the Grammy Awards ceremony and will host the basketball competition during the 2028 Summer Olympics.

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Although it has long been associated with the film industry, Los Angeles is home to some of the most storied franchises in professional sports history. This makes visiting Los Angeles a must for any sports fan!

Los Angeles is home to at least one team in all four major North American sports leagues - the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL), the Los Angeles Lakers and the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), the Los Angeles Kings of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB).

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