Oprah Surprise! Winfrey Reserves the United Center in Chicago for 'Farewell Spectacular'; Free Tix Available on Oprah.com, 10 a.m. on Friday
by Richard Sharp
Want to see Oprah Winfrey live before she closes up shop on her show? Your best chance may be trying to get free tickets Friday at 10 a.m. at Oprah.com to her "Surprise Oprah! A Farewell Spectacular."
According to the Chicago Tribune, Oprah has reserved the massive United Center arena, where the Bulls may very well be still fighting their way through the playoffs, to support a massive crowd for a big televised celebratory bash for the show.
"Free tickets will be distributed through Oprah.com, with the site accepting reservation requests from 10 a.m. CT Friday to 11:59 p.m. Saturday. Anyone who signs up during that window has an equal chance of winning the randomly distributed tickets," according to the Trib.
The show is titled "Surprise Oprah! A Farewell Spectacular." for good reason.
Oprah will herself be unaware of who will be attending this two episode special, which will run on May 23rd and 24th. All we know is that the two-part show will feature ""some of the biggest names in movies, music and television."
“As most of our viewers know, being surprised is not one of Oprah’s favorite things," executive producer Sheri Salata told NBC Chicago.
"In the spirit of our farewell season, she is making a rare exception and we intend to make the most of that opportunity. It will be something to see!”
The final show of Oprah will be May 25th.