The big event is planned for Tuesday (7-7) morning in Los Angeles. Eleven thousand 'free' seats have been made available in the Staples Center (site of the memorial) and another 65-hundred in the adjacent Nokia Theatre (they'll apparently get a video feed from the main event).
To have a chance at a ticket, you had to register online -- more than a million-and-a-half people reportedly did! Now those who've succeeded get a voucher good for two tickets; one for themselves; one for a person of their choice.
Police say anyone *caught scalping the free tickets ( and 'caught' may be the key word) faces arrest. (Jackson tickets are reportedly selling on Ebay for a couple grand).
But would you really want to be there in LA? I think if you lucked out with a near-front-row seat at the Staples Center -- that could be pretty cool. Though getting there could be nuts, considering police are preparing for a crowd of around a million converging on nearby streets surrounding the arena.
Might be a lot better (both view -and- safety-wise) to watch from home, via your TV.
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I live in Chicago, IL. I was one of the lucky one to get the e-mail about the tickets for Michael Jackson' memorial.
I got the e-mail @ 6:30 pm last night. I can not understand why I had to be at dodgers stadium by 6:00 today to get my tickets, ticket master is nation wide. I should have been able to get them in my state. I have been trying to get a flight out that was reasonable and I can not find one.. I am sad by this ,I called AEG and asked if someone else could get they said no. I know I will not make it but I still wanted the tickets..
Can anyone help me plz I want my tickets.
Posted by Sheila | July 6, 2009 5:58 PM
Posted on July 6, 2009 17:58