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The $28.75 wristband also provides access to a new $45 million entertainment complex at the Memphis tourist attraction.\u003cbr/\u003e              Graceland, operated by Elvis Presley Enterprises, says it anticipates large crowds and it has updated its security measures for Elvis Week, the annual celebration of Presley's life and career in music and movies. Presley died on Aug. 16, 1977, in Memphis.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"In order to keep everyone safe and ensure an enjoyable and meaningful event for all, we have worked closely with local, state and federal security authorities to establish new procedures that have been widely used across the U.S.,\" Graceland's statement said.\u003cbr/\u003e              A few Presley fans made a pilgrimage to Graceland the year he died, and they've continued coming ever since. Graceland says it averages 500,000 visitors per year from around the world, and attendance for this year's vigil has been projected at 30,000 to 50,000.\u003cbr/\u003e              The announcement surprised fans who didn't know about the charge when they made plans to come to Elvis Week. Some reacted with angry messages on social media, saying they won't attend another vigil.\u003cbr/\u003e              Longtime fan Fred Schwarz of Springfield, Illinois, said Tuesday that he and his wife have been to several vigils and have enjoyed them. But not this year. He says fans should be insulted at the new charge.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I looked forward to going down there this year, and they come up with all this,\" Schwarz said. \"I don't want to even go to Memphis anymore. The people running that are not Elvis fans. They are in business. Corporations, they want the bottom line.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              Elvis Presley Enterprises was created by the Elvis Presley Trust to manage its assets, according to Graceland's website. It was wholly owned by the Elvis Presley Trust and his daughter, Lisa Marie Presley, until 2005. Elvis Presley Enterprises is now majority-owned by Graceland Holdings, led by managing partner Joel Weinshanker. Lisa Marie Presley retains 15 percent ownership in the company.\u003cbr/\u003e              The new entertainment complex is part of a $140 million expansion, which also includes a $90 million, 450-room hotel that opened last year. The complex, featuring exhibits of Presley's cars, clothing and other personal items, replaces the aging buildings that housed the exhibits for years.\u003cbr/\u003e              Access to restaurants, gift shops and an entertainment tent where people gathered before the vigil used to be free, though visitors still actually had to buy the food or memorabilia at the eateries and shops.\u003cbr/\u003e              Now, access to them is included in the fee to enter the complex.\u003cbr/\u003e              Cheryl Skogen, of Los Angeles, was third in line waiting on Tuesday morning for the vigil later that evening.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I don't think Elvis would like it if he knew the fans were charged to go up and see,\" she said.\u003cbr/\u003e              Some fans don't have a problem with the charge. Joe Makowski, who saw Presley more than 80 times in concert and came to Graceland after Presley died in 1977, said it's a good idea because of the cost of security. He also said these types of charges are seen at other tourist attractions.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"It goes along with the territory of the popularity of Elvis,\" said Makowski, of St. Petersburg, Florida. \"There's a price for that as well, to accommodate all the people.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              News of the vigil charge also upset Anthony Stuchbury, of Bolton, England, who has been to Graceland more than two dozen times but did not come this year.\u003cbr/\u003e              \"I understand they are a business, and there's absolutely nothing wrong with them making money,\" Stuchbury said. \"But the current price-gouging situation has created so much friction, it's even dividing fans.\"\u003cbr/\u003e            \u003cbr/\u003e\u003cbr/\u003e              Memphis, Tenn. - 15 Aug. 2017\u003cbr/\u003e              1. Wide of fans taking pictures outside of Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee\u003cbr/\u003e              2. Wide of fan posing in front of gates outside Graceland\u003cbr/\u003e              3. Tight of graffiti on wall\u003cbr/\u003e              4. SOUNDBITE (English) Cheryl Skogen of Los Angeles: \"And the first time I saw him at Lake Tahoe, I saw him and we were sitting right in the front row, or right in front, and when he walked out usually I go (screech) I couldn't, nothing came out because he was so beautiful. He was just mesmerized, you know, I just couldn't do anything which is like (laughing).\"\u003cbr/\u003e              5.Tight of graffiti on wall outside Graceland\u003cbr/\u003e              6. Wide of fans posing outside banner for Elvis Week 2017 \u003cbr/\u003e              7.  SOUNDBITE (English) Cheryl Skogen of Los Angeles: \"What were my feelings? Well I was very very sad. I locked myself in my bedroom for three days and cried and I went and got all the magazines off the stands that had Elvis on it. Yeah, it crushed me. I was devastated as everybody was, you know.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              8. Tight of Cheryl Skogen's toenails with Elvis picture\u003cbr/\u003e              9. Tight of Cheryl Skogen's fingernails with Elvis picture\u003cbr/\u003e              10. SOUNDBITE (English) Cheryl Skogen of Los Angeles, on charging fans for the first time to visit his grave during the vigil: \"I don't like it. And I don't like the way they, you know, everything that you do over there (pointing) you used to be able to walk around and go see things after you paid your initial ticket. Now you have to show  your bracelet, you have to show a piece of card. And I don't think, Elvis wouldn't like it if he knew that the fans were charged to go up there and see, you know. He wouldn't like it. I'm sorry, I think it's gotten too - it's not personal anymore. It's too - what's the word for it - commercial.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              11. Wide of Elvis Presley plane\u003cbr/\u003e              12. Medium of fan writing on sidewalk outside Graceland\u003cbr/\u003e              13. SOUNDBITE (English) Lola Fields of Greenbrier, Tennessee: \"Probably four or five times to the vigil. I come at least once or twice a year just to - do the Elvis thing. I have to have my Elvis fix.\"\u003cbr/\u003e              14. 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