Staples Center earned $824,000 in Kobe Bryant merchandise

Last December 18, the Los Angeles Lakers homaged their legend Kobe Bryant, permanently retiring the two number used by the Black Mamba during his entire purple and yellow career, the #8 and #24. And around this two numbers is based an interesting curiosity, reported by ESPN.com journalist Darren Rovell: according to AEG, the company that runs the Staples Center in LA, there have been incomes for $824,000 from the selling of Kobe merchandising that night. You read it well, 8 hundred, 24 thousand, dollar. Not just two random numbers.

Maybe it can be a poetic rounding off by AEG, but undoubtedly the definitive farewell to Black Mamba jerseys created a massive hype around the even, with dedicated collections by Nike, New Era and the Los Angeles Lakers themselves, which have sold a series of Kobe-inspired gadget on their online store. Most of them were also at the Staples Center for the game against the Warriors, creating this impressive statistic. Mamba Mentality, til the last second.