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Michael Jackson’s memorial service could cost Los Angeles taxpayers USD$1.4million after a website to recoup costs crashed.

City chiefs set up the donation site for Jackson fans that wanted to help pick up the tab to relieve financial pressure caused by the event. The site started taking money on Tuesday morning but failed for more than 12 hours after receiving massive amounts of traffic. So far the city officials say they have received just $17,000 in donations but are hoping for more after the site was fixed. The overall cost for policing and cleaning up after the memorial came to $1.4 million, a spokesman for Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced today. The amount includes salaries for the more than 3,000 police officers deployed to secure the streets around the L.A. Staples Center plus traffic control and cleanup costs. Before the event the estimated cost had been as much as $3.8 million. That number was based on 750,000 fans flocking to Staples Center but only a small fraction of that number turned up.

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Comments (1)

Posted By RafaelU (132 days ago)

I think the entire Staples Center started crying when Michael?s daughter Paris spoke on stage. She really wanted to say some words about her father and I think it was very courageous and brave for an 11 year old to speak in front of so many people. Many TV personality and Hollywood artist was there. But to other person who didn?t flew in they seek for a payday loan just to get the Michael Jackson memorial service full video segments. Michael Jackson?s memorial cost $1.4 million according to the news and the Staples Center get occupied.