Kanye’s Spent $6,245,000 on His Proposal to Kim Kardashian

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Juli Weiner



Kanye Westproposedto his girlfriend Kim Kardashian, who plays the role of "Kim Kardashian" on E!'sKeeping Up with the Kardashians,in a quaint bayside ceremony in the windswept California hamlet of San Francisco, hometown of neither person. Surrounded by friends, family, hairdressers, a 50-piece orchestra, typos, Jaden Smith, and 41,000 empty chairs, West asked Kardashian to do him the honor of solidifying their blessed union in the eyes of the law and God. She was like, "Totes!"

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Fan(s) of Kardashian and West who want to recreate this magical night for their own proposals should be warned that West's budget appears to have been significant. Some "ballpark figures," if you will, which you will not, because a "ballpark figure" is $200,000:

$200,000: as we said, it is the rental fee for AT&T Park.

$5,000: 50-person orchestra at a rate of $100-per-musician per-hour (per livemusicforhire.com).

$15,000: roundtrip private-jet airfare for the Kardashian Klan from Los Angeles to San Francisco.

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$25,000: baseball stadium fireworks display, per pyrotechnic experts we spoke with. (Minimum!)

$6 million: the ring, reportedly!

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