Crypto.com Arena this season will feature "new food, new bars and new grab and go marketplaces," according to Alex Cheney of ABC7.com. New food options include "local favorite Dirt Dogs and tastes from different Los Angeles neighborhoods.” The grab and go marketplaces feature "Amazon technology where you can scan your credit card, grab a snack and walk out.” A new sports bar will be "exclusive to the Lakers and Kings season ticket members.” It will be “open to the public during Clippers games and concerts for food and drinks before, during, and after the game." Also upgraded is the Champions club that is “twice the size of the previous champions room featuring all inclusive food and drinks for guests.” Crypto.com Arena President Lee Zeidman said, "We needed to upgrade this building. We felt the bones were fantastic. ... It was time to 'keep up with the Joneses' as it relates to what they're doing." Cheney noted this is "just stage one of AEG's three stage plan to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to renovate the Crypto.com Arena over the next three years” (ABC7.com, 10/12).
