Santa Ynez, California Neverland Ranch Ferris wheel carousel Soviet Union
In March 1988, Jackson purchased 2,700 acres (11 km) of land near Santa Ynez, California, to build a new home, Neverland Ranch, at a cost of $17 million (equivalent to $42 million in 2022). He installed a Ferris wheel, a carousel, a movie theater and a zoo. A security staff of 40 patrolled the grounds. Shortly afterwards, he appeared in the first Western television advertisement in the Soviet Union.
