I don’t know if I’d use the word “easy”.
The MJ coverage has been literally non-stop here, every channel, all the time. Bombastic. Plus...the side issues that have been spawned...the drug use...the 911 call...the alleged crooked doc who may have injected him w/drugs....the status of his estate....the Beatles catalog....Neverland....the crazy Brits...the parents...the funeral...blah blah blah. Wall to wall. Bumper music on nearly every radio show. This from memory by someone who doesn’t watch TV, though it’s on in the background.
When the world watches what will unfold on Friday at Neverland Ranch...it will be 1977 all over again X millions. I am afraid the people of Santa Barbara have no idea what they are in for. Basically a new open tourist attraction/theme park has opened in their town overnight.
I heard figures anywhere from 250,000 to 1 million will try to get in there...that should be fun to watch a police force of what? 500? Handle that mess. This is going to cost the State of California tens of millions bringing in police from around the state for this circus.
When it opens as a memorial museum and is dedicated the folks from Graceland said the property can expect some 3 million visitors a year during the first 5 years of operation alone.