Theater LA Live , AEG said . Jackson 's family has still not announced the singer 's burial arrangements , saying only that it will hold a private ceremony ahead of the massive public memorial service Tuesday . Journalists staked out several possible burial locations . A long line of television satellite trucks remained parked outside the Hollywood Hills Forest Lawn Cemetery in case it was chosen by the family , but there has been no word from cemetery officials . Police set up metal barricades around the front lawn , creating spaces for media and fans . Two state trooper cruisers idled at the Hall of Liberty inside the grounds , which contains a 1,200-seat auditorium . Watch reporters prepare for Tuesday 's service '' The family has not decided whether Jackson 's body will be brought to the Staples Center arena , where the public ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. PT . At the time of his death , Jackson was working with a concert promotions company on 50 sold-out shows in London , England , beginning in mid-July . Also Saturday , a handful of fans milled about the Jackson family home in Encino ,
LOS ANGELES , California -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- About 1.6 million fans registered for a chance at fewer than 9,000 pairs of tickets to Michael Jackson 's memorial service next week , organizers said . Some memorial tickets went out to `` friends and family '' on Sunday . Registration ended at 6 p.m. Saturday . Officials will now `` scrub '' all entries to eliminate duplicates and those they suspect may have been registered using software that ticket scalpers use to generate multiple hits . A random drawing will follow . The winning 8,750 registrants will receive an e-mail Sunday after 11 a.m. -LRB- 2 p.m. ET -RRB- , AEG Live said . `` I know I 'll be hitting the ` refresh ' button on my inbox over and over again , '' said Jackie Flower , an arts student in San Diego , California . The e-mail will assign the selected registrants a unique code and direct them to a designated distribution center away from the Staples Center . There , they will each receive two tickets to either the memorial service at the Staples Center arena or a simulcast of the event at the adjacent Nokia