Bring ‘em out…Bring ‘em out…Bring ‘em out
Posted by Media Outrage on July 5, 2009
Only Michael Jackson could affect the world in this way, with nonstop media coverage, national tributes, intense mourning and perhaps the biggest funeral memorial service turnout in history. Since the announcement was made in the media, that their would be a public memorial service, for the world’s greatest entertainer, scheduled for Tuesday morning at Staples Center in LA, more than 1.6 million people have registered for free tickets on the Staples Center website. No other entertainer or person would even have need for a stadium to house the number of people attending their service. No one but Mike!
Via Yahoo:
The more than 1.6 million fans who registered for tickets to Michael Jackson’s memorial service will finally get word Sunday on whether they will be among the lucky few to get tickets for the ceremony.
Fans had to register for free at the Staples Center Web site between 10 a.m. Friday and 6 p.m. Saturday for the random drawing of only 8,750 names.
Each person selected will receive two tickets and will be notified by e-mail after 11 a.m. PDT Sunday, according to a Staples Center news release.
The tickets will admit 11,000 people to the Staples Center plus 6,500 in the Nokia Theater overflow section next door.
Before the drawing, officials of AEG, the owner and operator of the Staples Center, will “scrub” the entries to eliminate duplicates and any suspected of being made by automated systems or “go-bots,” Jackson family spokesman Ken Sunshine said in a statement.
Winners will receive a unique code and instructions on how to pick up their tickets Monday at an off-site distribution center. When they pick up their tickets, a wristband will be placed on their wrists.
Fans must have both the ticket and the wristband to enter Staples Center on Tuesday. Wristbands that have been ripped, taped or tampered with will be voided.
Sunshine said those steps are being taken to prevent ticket-scalping.
City officials are preparing for huge crowds. Assistant Police Chief Earl Paysinger says as many as 700,000 people may try to reach the arena, even though a wide area around Staples Center will be sealed off to people without tickets.
City Councilwoman Jan Perry strongly urged people to stay home and watch the memorial on television. The ceremony will not be shown on Staples’ giant outdoor TV screen and there will be no funeral procession through the city.
No details were given about the actual memorial events, which come as the nation’s second-largest city struggles with a $530 million budget deficit. Perry said the cost of police protection for “extraordinary” events like the memorial is built into the Police Department’s budget, but she still solicited help for “incremental costs.”
Last month, donations covered about $850,000 of the city’s $1 million cost for the Los Angeles Lakers’ NBA championship parade. Critics had blasted the idea of using city money when it is considering layoffs to close its budget gap.
Mediaoutrage- This man was bigger than the media himself. Once again, people are seeing that he was perhaps the most loved person on the planet. His music touched generations and tore down racial, cultural and ethnic barriers. There might have been parts of his life that were tragic and sad but if you take a look into the lives of most regular people, you’d find the same happenings. Few have polarized the entire globe the way Jackson did. He was enormous during his life and now has gotten even bigger in his death. The media, past so-called-friends, enemies and fans can throw dirt on MJ all they want but they cannot TOUCH his legacy and what a legacy it is.
July 5, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Very well said MO!8-) “There might have been parts of his life that were tragic and sad but if you take a look into the lives of most regular people, you’d find the same happenings”
“The media, past so-called-friends, enemies and fans can throw dirt on MJ all they want but they cannot TOUCH his legacy and what a legacy it is”.
July 5, 2009 at 5:17 pm
This will be by far the biggest media event of our life time. You think the Obama crowd was big in January ? we haven’t seen anything yet. MJ was bigger than life….
July 5, 2009 at 5:23 pm
MJ probably was the second most famous man since Jesus Christ…..and HE was GOD! So that makes Micheal Jackson the most famous human ever.
July 5, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Yeah anybody more famous than Martin Luther King is definitely THE MAN!!
July 5, 2009 at 5:57 pm
I never cared for Obama so I never made an effort for him. But you best believe I will do whatever I can to honor Michael Jackson. I loved that man something serious. We were jamming to his original albums on vinyl last night. He will forever be the MAN.
July 5, 2009 at 9:10 pm
I am going to remember MJ as he was when I was growing up with the J5 and when he first went solo. He is leaving a musical legacy that will never be surpassed.
July 5, 2009 at 11:27 pm
And they are trying to keep people out of that area, please it’s going to take LAPD, Swat, and every other law enforcements in the near vincinity… Telling people to stay home and watch, they have completely flipped out saying that. They try sending people away , it’s going to be another riot. And, it’s going to bigger than Rodney King’s riot…
July 6, 2009 at 3:30 am
the city of L.A. should setup a 2 miles parameter around the Staples Center and put big screens everywhere..that the smartest thing to do. But I forgot , the city and the state of California are more broke than MC hammer….oh well, I don’t want to see a riot.
July 6, 2009 at 12:34 pm
I agree with lio. R.I.P. MJ