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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Comments
That family should be run out of the country for such a tacky, sacreligios STUNT.....the children should be taken out of that home immediately.....Michael must be taking more drugs to cope......OMG
Posted Thu, 07/02/2009 - 3:38pm
I have NEVER heard of anything like this before, paying to go to a Funeral........you have to know who thought this one up, unless the Staples Center is charging....
Posted Thu, 07/02/2009 - 3:18pm
If Joe Jackson is calling the shots this will be a gaudy, tacky, cringe worthy event not about honoring MJ but about making Joe Jackson $$. Disgusting!!
Posted Thu, 07/02/2009 - 2:47pm
you are kidding.....ANYONE that pays even a penny for that crap needs a new brain and a real life!!!
Posted Thu, 07/02/2009 - 1:01pm
Is this even a real story?
Posted Thu, 07/02/2009 - 11:59am
the fantards will pay the money. sad but true.
Posted Thu, 07/02/2009 - 11:42am
Wow I wonder if it's the Staples Center who's charging the $25 and not the family
Posted Thu, 07/02/2009 - 11:25am
I hope this isn't true. But I was wondering who was going to pay for that public memorial. If it is true, I am truly disgusted.
Posted Thu, 07/02/2009 - 10:39am
JOE JACKSON SHAME ON YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted Thu, 07/02/2009 - 10:01am
There is no way in the world I would ever pay to go to a funeral. I feel sorry for this family greed is a terrible thing and totally uncalled for. I thank God that I never ever idolize anyone!!!!!!!!!! So crazy!!!!!!
Posted Thu, 07/02/2009 - 10:00am