BURBANK : Warner Bros. Joins Effort to Build Sports Arena

Warner Bros. has joined forces with a local development partnership to consider building a $100-million sports arena in Burbank that the city hopes will attract the Los Angeles Clippers or some other professional sports team.

Daniel P. Garcia, senior vice president for real estate and public affairs for Warner Bros., said Monday that the Burbank studio entered into a joint-venture agreement Friday with Lewis N. Wolff, co-owner of the Burbank Airport Hilton, and actor-investor Wayne Rogers, co-star of the “MASH” television series. The Burbank City Council recently gave Wolff and Rogers exclusive rights for three years to develop plans to build an indoor arena in the city for sporting and entertainment events.

Clippers owner Donald Sterling has said he expects to choose one of four sites by the end of the year for construction of a 20,000-seat arena for the Clippers. Besides Burbank, the Clippers are considering staying at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena, or moving to sites near the Los Angeles Convention Center or atop the expanded Union Station downtown.