Michael Jackson memorial tickets are free via online lottery. Michael Jackson memorial tickets available via online lottery Entertainment Weekly Michael Jackson’s public memorial — to be held Tuesday, July 7 beginning at 10 am at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles — will be open to 17500 attendees chosen through a free, online lottery system at StaplesCenter.com, officials involved … Online Lottery Set for Jackson Memorial Tickets People Magazine Jackson tickets via internet draw BBC News Ticket plans announced for Jackson memorial in LA
Michael Jackson fans were tonight invited to enter an online lottery for one of 11,000 free tickets to his memorial at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
A further 6,500 free tickets will be available for fans to watch a simulcast on screens at the nearby Nokia Theatre by AEG Live, the promoter of Jackson’s planned series of London concerts. Jackson rehearsed at the Staples Centre on 23 June, two days before he died.
Ken Sunshine, a spokesman for the family, and Tim Leiweke, of AEG Live, said the Jackson family wanted the memorial to accommodate as many fans as possible. The centre has a capacity of up to 20,000 with the remainder of tickets going to Jackson’s family and friends. Organisers were insistent that they had created a system that would prevent tickets being resold or forged.
The lottery is open until 6pm Saturday Los Angeles time, when the winners will be drawn and then notified on Sunday.
Sunshine, the family’s spokesman, declined to give any more details about the memorial, saying it was still being developed. But fans have been told there will be no funeral procession or screens outside the centre.
Jan Perry, the acting mayor of Los Angeles, asked fans without tickets not to gather outside the centre. “The best opportunity for viewing if you don’t have a ticket will be from the comfort of your own home,” she said. The city will pick up the bill for policing the event, a source of controversy at a time when the state of California is struggling with budget shortfalls that have led to pay and service cuts.
Millions are expected to watch the memorial worldwide as the organisers are offering live video feeds free to TV stations and on the web.
Michael Jackson fans were tonight invited to enter an online lottery for one of 11,000 free tickets to his memorial at the Staples Centre in Los Angeles on Tuesday.
A further 6,500 free tickets will be available for fans to watch a simulcast on screens at the nearby Nokia Theatre by AEG Live, the promoter of Jackson’s planned series of London concerts. Jackson rehearsed at the Staples Centre on 23 June, two days before he died.
Ken Sunshine, a spokesman for the family, and Tim Leiweke, of AEG Live, said the Jackson family wanted the memorial to accommodate as many fans as possible. The centre has a capacity of up to 20,000 with the remainder of tickets going to Jackson’s family and friends. Organisers were insistent that they had created a system that would prevent tickets being resold or forged.
The lottery is open until 6pm Saturday Los Angeles time, when the winners will be drawn and then notified on Sunday.
Sunshine, the family’s spokesman, declined to give any more details about the memorial, saying it was still being developed. But fans have been told there will be no funeral procession or screens outside the centre.
Jan Perry, the acting mayor of Los Angeles, asked fans without tickets not to gather outside the centre. “The best opportunity for viewing if you don’t have a ticket will be from the comfort of your own home,” she said. The city will pick up the bill for policing the event, a source of controversy at a time when the state of California is struggling with budget shortfalls that have led to pay and service cuts.
Millions are expected to watch the memorial worldwide as the organisers are offering live video feeds free to TV stations and on the web.
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