Michael Jackson Memorial Tickets Available in Online Lottery
Tickets for the Jackson Memorial to be held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles are being made available in an online lottery.
Organizers of the event are giving out free tickets to 17,500 lucky winners through a lottery. All you have to do is submit your name on the site and names of winners of tickets will be randomly selected from the list. This was announced in a news conference held Friday.
So far, 11,000 tickets have been offered and sold for visiting the Staples Center for the memorial. Another 6,500 tickets have been sold to watch on big screens at the Nokia Theatre L.A. Live across the street. Everyone else can watch a live worldwide television feed being provided free to networks or on streaming video on the Web.
Organizers are expected to use the wristband system to crack down on scalpers.
“This is a memorial. I’m hoping that people have dignity. We’re doing our best to accommodate the worldwide demand,” said Tim Leiweke, president and CEO of AEG, which owns the Staples Center. “For those who would try to take advantage of this, shame on them.”
No details of the memorial were released, except that there will be no funeral procession. “It is still being developed,” said Jackson family spokesman Ken Sunshine. He added: “Everything about the memorial has to do with accommodating as many fans as possible. … It is all about the fans.”
