EXCLUSIVE: $25 Charge To Attend Michael Jackson Memorial
Posted on Jul 02, 2009 @ 12:15PM
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."
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In a moving tribute....Ringling Bros. has offered to fire Wacko Jacko's corpse from one of the clown cannons!!! I am touched!
Posted Thu, 07/02/2009 - 8:24pm
Hey welovetheUSA, you are a retarded imbecile for your comment!!!!!!!!!!! I say no matter what the race they don't ever charge!!!!!!!!!!!!! I feel it must be in your circle of family and friends!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted Thu, 07/02/2009 - 8:21pm
True to the black tradition...make a buck off Michael Jackson dead or alive...sick.
Posted Thu, 07/02/2009 - 7:58pm
DA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted Thu, 07/02/2009 - 7:49pm
I'm thinking Pay-per View!!! CHA-CHING!!! DVD's!!! Commemorative Plates, Coins and other assorted shiney objects...WAIT! one word...Moonboots......No need for all of us to participate in a hopeless economy..
Posted Thu, 07/02/2009 - 7:43pm
pssst ... you plunk down money, not pluck it. though the attendees will be getting plucked.
Posted Thu, 07/02/2009 - 7:33pm
This is it alright! No matter what I think about MJ, this is just not right to treat his fans this way!!! I am so hoping this is not true and if it is - I hope the fans don't go - how insulting and greedy!!!
Posted Thu, 07/02/2009 - 7:17pm
Staples Center is charging $25 for the rental of the place not the Family.This isn't a funeral service it's a Memorial service the funeral is private.
Posted Thu, 07/02/2009 - 6:45pm
At first, I felt bad about Michael Jackson's passing. Now, that it has turned into a circus, I am sickened by the turn of events. Hope this all dies away soon! Enough of this farce!
Posted Thu, 07/02/2009 - 4:31pm
Why don't they sell refreshments & have some rides? It's a memorial service, not a concert. Turn it into a spectacle! Disgusting!!!
Posted Thu, 07/02/2009 - 4:28pm