Registration plan released for purchasing tickets to Kobe Bryant’s memorial
Proceeds from the ticket sales will benefit the Mamba and Mambacita Sports Foundation.
The Los Angeles Lakers announced on Friday that fans seeking to attend the February 24 memorial for Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna at Staples Center must register to purchase tickets and there will be no outside overflow areas.
Top-tier tickets will be priced at $224 each, while others will be two for $224 and some $24.02 each, combinations of numbers that like the date, 2/24, represents the No. 24 worn by Bryant and the No. 2 worn by his daughter Gianna on her girls basketball team.
In a move apparently intended to prevent a repeat of the massive crowds that flocked to Staples after Bryant’s death, the Lakers said the memorial will not be shown on exterior video screens at the arena or the adjacent L.A. Live entertainment area. Members of the public without tickets to the memorial were advised not to come near the arena or L.A. Live because they will not be able to enter the area, the team said.