Oh, I don’t know if “classy” really covers it. What’s a word that means classier than the classiest class act in classytown?

At least it wasn’t called the “That’s all, folks!” tour.

I think this will be second only to the Superdome during Hurricane Katrina on my list of Things Inside A Sports Arena That I Never Want To See. The media mob inside and outside the Staples Center, and the area-wide traffic tie-up/helicopter hell, could be a combination of zoo and amusement park not seen since, well, Neverland.

I wouldn’t rely on Radar to have accurate information.

According to “Randy Phillips, chief executive for AEG Live, which owns Staples…”

“A Jackson memorial would attract tens of thousands. AEG planned to issue tickets to Staples and provide a simulcast on big screens outside the arena, Phillips said.

Entry to Staples would be free, but Phillips was not sure yet how tickets would be distributed.”

above via HuffPo:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/02/jackson-kids-hearing-dela_n_225231.html

11,000 tickets will be given away for free. People are already camping out, though. I heard street closures have begun.

I’m downtown most of every week and I’ve already noticed vendors setting themselves up on every corner near the Staples Center selling anything they can stick an image of MJ on. It’s a very surreal experience and I expect it will only grow more bizarre as the date grows closer.

Victoria, it sounds like NYC during the immediate aftermath of 9/11/01. Street vendors with the World Trade Center and FDNY logo on T-shirts, caps, neckties, plush toys, shot glasses and other assorted cheap crap.