The Staples center has a serious reputation when it comes to sports, but it also has a serious reputation when it comes to Michael Jackson.
Though the This Is It tour was going to take place in London, the rehearsals for the Tour and the wildly popular documentary of said rehearsals all took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

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Day after day, some of the world’s finest dancers, musicians, stage directors and organizers showed up at the arena to perfect what very well may have been the greatest ...

One of the coolest things about being Michael Jackson obsessed is that he is literally everywhere. His influence is felt everywhere you look. You’d have to try to not notice it. He is in every pair of aviators sported around on the street. He is in every step of Single Ladies. He’s the reason zombies are cool. He’s in every military jacket that graces the fashion world. And, above all, he is in almost every musician and performer there is. The musicians before him went into Michael, and the musicians after came from Michael. He is just in music. Even when it's not his own.

That being said, it doesn’t matter what you’re into. It doesn’t matter if you follow Maxwell around the country, put aside every paycheck to afford a Lady Gaga ticket, sport your glow sticks and rave through the night, or chill in the back of a café while a local singer-songwriter plays the soundtrack to your brunch. ...