Posted on 07/02/2009 5:16:47 PM PDT by buccaneer81
EXCLUSIVE: $25 Charge To Attend Michael Jackson Memorial Posted on Jul 02, 2009 @ 03:15PM
Fans who wish to attend Michael Jackson's star-studded memorial service at Staples Center will have to shell out $25 to sit in the stands, RadarOnline.com has learned exclusively.
Family, friends and VIPS will have seats on the main floor for The Tuesday, July 7th Staples service, first reported by RadarOnline.com, while the general public will be plucking down $25 to sit in the stands.
The memorial service will feel like a concert production featuring guest speakers, a lot of music and video screens inside and outside of Staples, a source close to the planning tells RadarOnline.com.
Michael Jackson's close friend Elizabeth Taylor is expected to attend, along with Diana Ross.
T-shirts that were going to be sold on Michael's upcoming "This Is It" tour will not go to waste. They will be sold outside Staples to people entering the service.
The service will be held between 10am PST and noon PST. The Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey circus will be on standby, literally. The circus act just happens to be in town and is slated to begin their run at the Staples Center from July 8 to July 11.
"We will not be taking part in the memorial service," spokesperson Stephen Payne confirmed. "We are prepared to make any logistical changes with equipment and such to help out."
Actually, it’s been suggested that it might help to curtail the crowds, but I haven’t heard any OFFICIAL word that they would be charging. Of course, a lot of people are complaining about the cost due to California’s economic crisis. The stadium holds less than 20 thousand people. According to Jermaine Jackson, they expect that many people just from England alone! They should have found a much bigger football stadium.
Vlad Lenin. They can have matching glass coffins.
Tom Barrack is driving a dusty Chevy Suburban around his 1,200-acre mountain ranch near Santa Barbara, Calif. Nestled between the Ronald Reagan estate and Michael Jackson's Neverland, Barrack's spread is a medley of vineyards, pastures, and paddocks.
Bet those pastures soon become hotels and swimming pools for the tourists that are to visit the newly expanded and renovated "Neverland".
He has experience in Hotels and is considered a real estate developer extraordinaire.
Amazing that he got out of the real estate market for it went under.
New news this morning that makes you go Hmmmmm.
AEG insurance policy DOES cover an overdose. So why the denial before today. It doesn’t cover natural death.
Obviously, they knew he was addicted. The family certainly knew and had tried to intervene.
I’m kinda cynical and I think the reason so many people flock to things like this is because its like a free show. I could be wrong, but I don’t see very many people from UK coming to this what with air fare. But I could be wrong.
parsy, who is tempted to run an ad offering a six inch “King of Pop” for $9.99 plus shipping and handling, then mailing the sucker a can of coke, but is afraid of winding up next to Bernie Madoff.
From the account of the nurse (nutritionist)who warned him about the drug he wanted to take to sleep and the Hulk(personal trainer), I say Mjj was trying to do the right thing, but was getting bad medical advice.
Even here I know of Drs who prescribe addictive medicine, just to keep their offices full...People don't feel well on the prescription, so the DR gives them another for the symptom. In reality it's the original medication that is to blame. They just need to eat well, exercise, etc. (one of my neighbors was taking eleven different prescription drugs all from the same DR.....She almost died before she was taken to an out of town facility....local hospital had done nothing.
wonder if he will deliver a eulogy.
I’m sure his photo will be somewhere around there.
Wonder if this will turn into a “blame whitey” fest like the event at the Apollo.
I read that it is going to cost a lot for the police to ensure safety of the general public in that area due to the crowds. One would HOPE that some of the $$$ goes toward the BROKE city of LA to pay for their police patrol.
I’m sure it will end up in JJ’s pocket.
Just hope that the "mourners" patronize the local purveyors of food and souvenirs.
Um... not enough. Give me $250 and I might consider it.
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