Website for Jackson tickets gets 500 million hits in first hour (enewslatest.com)

Organizers of Michael Jackson’s memorial said that in the first hour after ticket details were announced this morning, the website www.staplescenter.com had received more than 500 million hits.

Fans must register on the site for a chance to be awarded, by lottery, a pair of the 17,500 free tickets that will be made available to the public for Tuesday’s memorial service.