Meet Michelle Obama For $2500 At Newark Speaking Event

NEWARK, NJ — Former First Lady Michelle Obama is coming to the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. And for $2,500, you can have a "meet and greet" session with her.

On Friday, tickets for “A Moderated Conversation with The Former First Lady” hit the market for the general public after a pre-sale earlier this week. The attorney and author will be hosting a Q&A conversation" at 8 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 3.

Obama – who is married to former president Barack Obama – served as first lady of the United States from 2009 to 2017.

Learn more about Obama's November appearance in Newark.

Tickets for the event went on sale at noon on Friday, Sept. 13 at Ticketmaster. Tickets will also be available in person at Prudential Center Box Office at 11 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 16 should inventory remain.

As of Friday afternoon, available Ticketmaster offerings for the event included a $55 seat in Sec. 106, Row 8, up to a $494 seat in Sec. B, Row 6. However, for those with deeper pockets, a special “meet and greet” VIP package with Obama that includes prime seats is available for $2,505.

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The Prudential Center previously offered the following background on Obama’s diverse achievements:

"As a transformative First Lady, Mrs. Obama launched and led four key initiatives: Let's Move!, to address the challenge of childhood obesity; Joining Forces, to support veterans, service members and their families; Reach Higher, to inspire young people to seek higher education; and Let Girls Learn, to help adolescent girls around the world go to school.

"Before becoming First Lady, Michelle Obama attended Princeton University and Harvard Law School. She started her career as an attorney at the Chicago law firm, Sidley & Austin, where she met her future husband, Barack Obama. She later worked in the Chicago mayor's office, the University of Chicago, and the University of Chicago Medical Center. Mrs. Obama also founded the Chicago chapter of Public Allies, an organization that prepares young people for careers in public service.

"In 2018, Michelle Obama published her memoir, 'Becoming,' which sold more copies than any other book published in the United States in 2018, achieving that status in just 15 days and instantly rising to the #1 slot on the New York Times Best Sellers list."

Obama's November visit to Newark won't be her first trip to Essex County.

In 2016, she visited Philip's Academy Charter School in Newark as part of her "American Garden Tour," joining students as they planted their school garden. The visit came four months after then-president Barack Obama came to the city to discuss criminal justice reform in America.

• See related article: Michelle Obama Coming To Newark For Garden Tour
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The former first lady has other connections to Essex County, as well.

Last year, a group of four West Orange High School students got the chance to meet Obama – along with media mogul Oprah Winfrey – at the Hearst Tower in New York City, headquarters of "O," the Oprah Magazine.

• See related article: Oprah, Michelle Obama Surprise West Orange Students

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