Sydney - Los Angeles city officials are struggling to find a way to stage the public memorial service for Michael Jackson at a venue that can hold no more than 20,000 people.
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The event has been set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at the downtown Staples Center, which during the NBA season plays home to the Los Angeles Lakers. Tickets to the memorial will be free.
The service is expected to draw tens of thousands of spectators wanting to pay their respects to the King of Pop, who died June 25. How city officials will handle the massive crowd remains to be settled.
Los Angeles City Councilman Dennis Zine said plans for the memorial are clearly moving forward, but he wished there had been more time to work out the logistics.
"If you can imagine 100,000 people show up and you have 20,000 capacity, there is not sufficient room. Now you have a crowd-control problem," he said. With the July Fourth holiday weekend "it's the worst time ... to work something out." He also said he's concerned about the cost of police overtime for the cash-strapped city.
Jackson's brother Jermaine told CNN's Larry King that there will be a private ceremony for family and some special guests before the public memorial. He added the family wants to have other memorials around the United States.
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