Anyone trying for ticket for Michael

Guess state is picking up tab on police..Can't get in without a ticket . What a mess. After seeing Joe Jackson pimping his recording studio the other night , no wonder Michael was so withdrawn from life.Major road ways will be all tied up if people come in , they want people to stay away that aint gonna happen. Boy been 9 days and that poor man still isn't in the ground.

I'm sure there are a lot of businesses who won't mind the increased sales this whole show brings, and the state probably won't turn away the tax revenue, either.

They could give me a ticket, free transportation and spending money to get there and I still wouldn't go.  Doubt if I'll be watching it on TV Tuesday.  Would rather read a good book.  After James Brown's "memorial service"  and the circus atmosphere it had it just made me sick.  This will be even worse.  I am sorry for his family's loss. 

yes your probably right Martha, but think what there afraid of is totally blocking all the road ways. Im not aware of where all this will happen or stores that could come up making money. I'd be more afraid of a crowd turning nasty or out of control. They say they want people to watch it for free on tv and avoid the area.

I'm with Mags. I'm sorry for his family's loss but I would not attend this funeral if you paid ME. Funerals should be private affairs, except maybe for heads of state/presidents, etc., and even a portion of that should be private. To sell tickets to a funeral is downright tacky.

His mother, brothers and sisters are grieving but his father is obviously already cgleefully ounting the $$$ profits crazy people are willing to spend for records and memorabelia.

I can already  see street vendors hawking those horrid black  velvet wall hangings with gaudy pictures of him whie the funeral parade goes by, just like they did  when  Elvis died, only this is much worse. The Chinese got busy churning stuff out the minbute they heard he turned up his toes.

Would I buy a ticket??  You ARE joking, aren't you?

None of this is any different from what happened when Elvis died. Same media circus, same crowd issues, same profits to be made, same everything. It just seems worse because the 'media' isn't just three big networks anymore, and we have the blessing/curse of the internet to magnify everything.

This whole thing is disgusting. To turn a funeral into a money making circus! This is not a showing of grieve or respect it is commercialism run amok.

Ivey_Queen:

To sell tickets to a funeral is downright tacky.

They aren't selling the tickets to it, people can register at staplescentet.com for a chance to go.   Then they will draw 8000 names for two tickets and two wrist bands.   The winners will be either in Staples Center where the funeral will be, or the Nokia theatre across the street,where it will be shown on 3 huge screens.

 

Then it will be telecast all over the world free.  

 

You know some of the winners of tickets will be down there trying to sell them for an outrageous price.   And some fools will pay it, 

 

I think this is just ridiculous.   They don't know yet where he will be buried.  It said the family wants him to be buried at Neverland.   The present owner who took it over last year is restoring the grounds to a more peaceful place.   All of the rides and the zoo that was there are all gone.  The house has been gutted of all the memorabilia and furniture.  

 

This was all told by a reporter who had had a tour of the place. 

Gawd - it would be easier to organize World War III than this fiasco.

 

And, NO, I'm not trying for tickets.

oldgirl06:

The house has been gutted of all the memorabilia and furniture.  

 

This was all told by a reporter who had had a tour of the place. 

 

I saw Matt Lauer's tour of it on the Today Show yesterday, and was surprised at how nice the house was inside. I expected something really, really gaudy.

  I also would not go FREE !   My God,  bury the poor guy,  let the family pay their respects and move on.  This is totally going to be a FIASCO !

                                           Cassiebabe

Larry King was there last night and think again today. Last night there were people in the kitchen Chefs cooking not sure for who and they took a tour. Went into his bedroom so all the locks on the door and then went into his closet and opened the short door to the hidden room. It's a rustic looking ranch very nice. I'll watch again tonight. His brother showed Larry the tree where MIchael climbed and wrote we are the world. He had Larry be quiet and the peaceful sound of birds. well it was sort of sad to say the least. His brother said he would like Michael buried over by the train. Then he says this is hard to be speaking about where your brother would lay.

gameball:

Larry King was there last night and think again today. Last night there were people in the kitchen Chefs cooking not sure for who

 

I wondered about that too....

I thought the tickets were free?

 

Well, lets hope the money from MJ's records are kept back for his kids. Those grandparents aren't going to live forever. Debbie Rowe wants them, said she would take Blanket too.

 

Is MJs body going to be there? Or , just a picture. I wouldn't go, and I don't want to see any more of all of it on TV. Tired of it.

 

I wonder if Michael actually would want people to come and look at his body. He hated his body anyway, and , probably would hate to see people gawk at him dead.