STAPLES CENTER'S 25 MILLIONTH FAN HONORED

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (April 26, 2007) - A surprised and delighted Michael Yang, 27, was presented with a STAPLES Center grand prize package, valued at nearly $40,000, after he was randomly selected to represent the 25 million fans who have visited the downtown Los Angeles arena since it opened October 17th, 1999. Yang, attending this evening's Los Angeles Lakers playoff game received the prize package during a halftime ceremony which included two STAPLES Center Premiere (season) Seats and parking for the entire 2007-2008 season, a $4,000 dining gift certificate from Levy Restaurants, a $500 credit at STAPLES Center's TEAM LA merchandise store and a $500 gift certificate from Ticketmaster to apply towards attending upcoming concerts at STAPLES Center.

Lee Zeidman, General Manager of STAPLES Center was joined by the arena's 'most famous fan' Jack Nicholson to help select Yang from among four other randomly selected fans who received runners-up prizes including gift certificates to STAPLES Center's Team LA store and from Ticketmaster.

Yang, a financial consultant and resident of La Mirada and a "life time Lakers fan" estimated that tonight was his tenth visit to a STAPLES Center event, having purchased tonight's ticket online. "It was a dream come true," said Yang. "When my wife and I came to STAPLES Center tonight I happened to tell her that some day I hope we can have season tickets. Now we do, it is amazing!"

"Tonight is a very important night in STAPLES Center's history," said Lee Zeidman, General Manager of STAPLES Center. 'On behalf of every member of our tremendous staff, we are so proud of this monumental accomplishment of welcoming 25 million guests to 'our home' in less than eight years." "We look forward to hosting the next 25 million guests along with an unrivaled schedule of world-class sports and entertainment events each year."

Beginning with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's opening night concert on October 17, 1999, guests have come to the AEG owned and operated STAPLES Center to attend a schedule of prestigious concerts, sports events, family shows and other major attractions unmatched by any arena.

As the home of five professional sports franchises -- the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers, the NHL's Los Angeles Kings, the AFL's Los Angeles Avengers and the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks -- STAPLES Center has proven to be a home court advantage for the local teams. The Lakers capped-off each of their first three seasons at STAPLES Center by winning NBA Championships (the 12th, 13th and 14th in franchise history) while the Sparks captured back-to-back WNBA Championships in their first two STAPLES Center campaigns.

As the two-time recipient of the prestigious Pollstar-CIC Arena of the Year, STAPLES Center continues to distinguish itself as the host of major, high-profile events of national and international distinction including the 2000 Democratic National Convention, the 2002 NHL All-Star Game, 2002 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, the 2004 NBA All-Star Game, seven Grammy Award shows, first ever Latin Grammys in 2000, four X Games competitions, three WTA Tour Championships and five Pac-10 Basketball Championship tournaments. STAPLES Center has hosted over 1,300 NBA Games, over 300 NHL games, and over 150 concerts in it's brief, but busy seven and half year existence.

STAPLES Center's first seven and a half years have also been marked with performances and special events that brought international stature to the Los Angeles' sports & entertainment icon including concerts by Prince, U2, Usher, Paul McCartney, Don Henley, Madonna, Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake, Phil Collins, Rolling Stones, Dave Matthews, Britney Spears, Rod Stewart, Eric Clapton, Janet Jackson, *N Sync, Simon & Garfunkel, Van Halen, Dixie Chicks, Counting Crows, John Mayer, Shania Twain, Peter Gabriel, Ricky Martin, Tina Turner, Luis Miguel, Billy Joel, Lionel Ritchie, Reba McEntire, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Faith Hill & Tim McGraw, Kenny Chesney, Rod Stewart, Tool, Shakira, Depeche Mode, Cher, Bette Midler, The Backstreet Boys, Mariah Carey, Eurythmics, Googoosh, Joan Sebastian, Marco Antonio Solis and a New Year's Eve spectacular starring The Eagles, Jackson Browne and Linda Ronstadt; world championship boxing including Lennox Lewis vs. Vitali Klitschko for the World Heavyweight Championship, "Sugar" Shane Mosley vs. Oscar De La Hoya and Roy Jones, Jr. vs. Julio Gonzalez and the first-ever Latin Grammy Awards. In addition, the arena hosted eleven sold-out WWE dates, Michael Flatley's Feet of Flames, Champions on Ice, UFC 39, two of ESPN's The Contender Season Finales, and the Harlem Globetrotters.

STAPLES Center has hosted 724 National Basketball Association regular season and/or playoff games in its' eight year exisistence. It has also seen over 325 National Hockey League regular season and/or playoff games, and has hosted over 150 live concerts.

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