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8-26-03, 06:02 PM
Jacko Goes Willy Wonka, Invites Outsiders To Tour Neverland
For $5,000, invited guests will tour the grounds and eat two meals.
by Jennifer Vineyard
The best known crib in all the pop world, Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch, is opening its doors to outsiders ... well, at least to the ones who have an invitation and $5,000.
Jackson is billing the September 13 open house as a "once in a
lifetime" event. Those invited to the property in Los Olivos, California, just north of Santa Barbara, will get access to Neverland's amusement park, zoo, gardens, arcade and movie theater and will be served lunch and dinner.
"From the moment you enter the gates ... you will wish that this day could last forever," the invitation reads. "Be one of the privileged few who have ever personally experienced this extraordinary and magical oasis."
Guests will also get limited-edition posters by Miami artist Romero Britto, who had previously designed the cover art for Jackson's never-released charity single, "What More Can I Give," which was to benefit victims of September 11. The posters show vibrant colors and imagery of a "ribbon of hope" surrounded by hearts. Britto's work will be on display, since the event is also being billed as a tribute to him.
With tickets priced at five G's, Jackson stands to make more than $1 million from the event. But not all of it will go in his pocket — Jackson plans to donate $1,000 per person to three charities, including the Make-A-Wish Foundation; Oneness, which promotes multiculturalism in the arts and education; and E Ai Como E Que Fica, which benefits impoverished children in Rio de Janeiro, according to a statement released Tuesday (August 26).
This report is provided by MTV News
For $5,000, invited guests will tour the grounds and eat two meals.
by Jennifer Vineyard
The best known crib in all the pop world, Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch, is opening its doors to outsiders ... well, at least to the ones who have an invitation and $5,000.
Jackson is billing the September 13 open house as a "once in a
lifetime" event. Those invited to the property in Los Olivos, California, just north of Santa Barbara, will get access to Neverland's amusement park, zoo, gardens, arcade and movie theater and will be served lunch and dinner.
"From the moment you enter the gates ... you will wish that this day could last forever," the invitation reads. "Be one of the privileged few who have ever personally experienced this extraordinary and magical oasis."
Guests will also get limited-edition posters by Miami artist Romero Britto, who had previously designed the cover art for Jackson's never-released charity single, "What More Can I Give," which was to benefit victims of September 11. The posters show vibrant colors and imagery of a "ribbon of hope" surrounded by hearts. Britto's work will be on display, since the event is also being billed as a tribute to him.
With tickets priced at five G's, Jackson stands to make more than $1 million from the event. But not all of it will go in his pocket — Jackson plans to donate $1,000 per person to three charities, including the Make-A-Wish Foundation; Oneness, which promotes multiculturalism in the arts and education; and E Ai Como E Que Fica, which benefits impoverished children in Rio de Janeiro, according to a statement released Tuesday (August 26).
This report is provided by MTV News