Michael Jackson’s Farewell Circus

Thanks to TMZ, this is the map of the blocks that will be blocked off for

Michael’s funeral/memorial tomorrow.

The City of Los Angeles is expecting up to 700,000 people to show up.

We all know about the tickets that went into a lottery …  17,500 free tickets were made available . . . but people had to register online. About 1.6 million did register . . . but only 8,750 of them . . . chosen at random . . . were selected and awarded one pair each.  I saw some folks ont he news that won the tickets..pretty cool..I also heard that there are tix on sale online already for about $15,000!!!  DANG!!

The “event” is happening tomorrow morning, beginning at 10:00 A.M., at the Staples Center in L.A., with a simulcast at the nearby Nokia Theatre.  Both owned by AEG live, the promoters behind Michael’s “This Is It” Tour.  The DIRT is that this “event” will have performances including Justin Timberlake, Usher and Diddy. The service will be carried live by ABC, NBC, CNN, MSNBC and E!.

I also heard the family is having a private funeral for Michael at Forest Lawn Cemetery tomorrow morning, before the “event” at the Staples Center.

If you won the lottery, organizers are watching you!! SO, trying to scam is going to be tough.  They scanned all lottery entrants looking for duplicate entries that could indicate someone was using an auto-entry device.  They’re also giving out wristbands. Anybody who got tickets was given a code and told where to pick up their tickets today, at the Dodgers Stadium. There they’ll be given a wristband.

Many are wondering…isn’t CA broke?  How is this all going to be paid for?  It’s supposed to cost a couple million bucks.  Officials say the cost of police services for so-called “extraordinary events” like this one are already built into the LAPD’s budget. They also accept donations.

This is going to be great!  Can’t wait to watch it tomorrow!!!  Will it be a circus??  Will it go smoothly??  We shall see tomorrow!