AEG DONATES MONEY FROM MJ MEMORIAL: Funds from Staples Center luxury seats going toward tribute to fallen LA cops.
(August 3, 2009)
*The producers behind Michael Jackson's memorial service have donated $90,000 toward the building of a tribute to fallen Los Angeles police officers.
Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), which owns Staples Center in Los Angeles, donated money received from the sale of 18 luxury suites to guests at the July 7 Jackson memorial.
The company says the decision to donate the money was made before a dispute developed over city funds spent to provide security and other services during the memorial, reports the Associated Press.
Karen Wagener, president of the Los Angeles Police Foundation, says AEG hand-delivered a check for $90,000 to the nonprofit group on Thursday. She says it will be used to help fund a $620,000 memorial — a brass wall expected to be unveiled in September at the site of a new downtown police headquarters.
Anschutz Entertainment Group (AEG), which owns Staples Center in Los Angeles, donated money received from the sale of 18 luxury suites to guests at the July 7 Jackson memorial.
The company says the decision to donate the money was made before a dispute developed over city funds spent to provide security and other services during the memorial, reports the Associated Press.
Karen Wagener, president of the Los Angeles Police Foundation, says AEG hand-delivered a check for $90,000 to the nonprofit group on Thursday. She says it will be used to help fund a $620,000 memorial — a brass wall expected to be unveiled in September at the site of a new downtown police headquarters.
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