The Celebration of Life – A live look at Kobe Bryant's memorial at STAPLES Center

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, and seven other victims of a fatal helicopter crash on Jan. 26 in Calabasas, CA will be honored on Monday at 1 p.m. EST at STAPLES Center.

? 2.24.20 ? pic.twitter.com/IW3KBU5b2w

— STAPLES Center (@STAPLESCenter) February 24, 2020

The “Celebration of Life” is a ticket only memorial event, and a crowd of 20,000 is expected to attend. Over 80,000 people entered the ticket lottery – with tickets ranging in price from $24.02 to $224 – and the proceeds will be donated to the Mamba and Mambacita Sports Foundation.

The service will be streamed by various news outlets on TV and online, including the Los Angeles Times and KTLA.

Live from Staples Center as thousands are expected to honor Kobe Bryant and daughter Gianna https://t.co/A9aAB5VNne

— TIME (@TIME) February 24, 2020

The memorial date of 2-24-20 carries significance. The ‘2’ represents Gianna’s jersey number. Bryant famously wore No. 24. And, 20 is the number of years Kobe played for the Lakers, as well as the number of years Kobe and wife Vanessa spent together.

Days after the crash, over 250,000 people visited LA Live to pay their respects, leaving thousands of items, including basketballs, shoes, flowers and even handwritten messages.

Hundreds of ticket holders have been standing in line since early Monday morning, and the doors to STAPLES Center opened at 8 a.m.

They have just opened the gates for ticketed fans at Staples Center for the Kobe memorial. pic.twitter.com/oVIEX1l9dp

— L.A. Times Sports (@latimessports) February 24, 2020

Here is a look at the scene before the memorial:

These cars are parked outside Staples Center right now: pic.twitter.com/PcI5L7SkBq

— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) February 24, 2020

There will be a rose for every point Kobe Bryant scored in his NBA career (33,643) placed around the center stage for his memorial today at Staples Center.

— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) February 24, 2020

Lee Zeidman, President, Staples Center: “I have never seen more roses in my entire life in there. There are about 35 thousand roses that are surrounding the center stage. And we did a center stage to maximize the amount of people we could put in the building.” #KobeFarewell pic.twitter.com/BzivNgyVXu

— The Hill (@thehill) February 24, 2020

Kobe Bryant’s No. 8 and 24 jerseys are hanging from a construction site next to the DoubleTree in Westchester. pic.twitter.com/GPABkQqmGc

— Arash Markazi (@ArashMarkazi) February 23, 2020

This miniature @STAPLESCenter is a tribute to @kobebryant and was created by Fletcher Collins who drove it from his home in North Carolina to @LALIVE with the hope of presenting it to @Lakers and Vanessa Bryant. pic.twitter.com/jPxeAsZMnW

— Kim Baldonado (@KimNBCLA) February 20, 2020

Inside Staples, before the Kobe Bryant memorial pic.twitter.com/ifs1M0V9Er

— Bill Reiter (@sportsreiter) February 24, 2020

Front and back the Kobe and Gianna Celebration of Life program and the front and back of the commemorative ticket. pic.twitter.com/s4LfagEduI

— Jeff Zillgitt (@JeffZillgitt) February 24, 2020

Here’s what fans attending today’s #KobeFarewell are getting when they walk in the arena pic.twitter.com/496FkiwIxI

— Dan Woike (@DanWoikeSports) February 24, 2020

A lot of Kobe fans outside Staples Center in the Lower Merion No. 33 ?? #KobeFarewell pic.twitter.com/SgihG1bhzT

— The Undefeated (@TheUndefeated) February 24, 2020

And the memorial went beyond the walls of STAPLES.