Q: Did the Salvation Army pay for any of the cost of Selena Gomez’s halftime show of the NFL game between Dallas and Oakland on Thanksgiving?
—John Stull, Suwanee
A: The Salvation Army paid for "incidental costs" related to the production of the halftime show, but Gomez donated her appearance to add visibility to the Red Kettle campaign, The Salvation Army and Dallas Cowboys told Q&A on the News in an email. Costs vary "every year, but the vast majority of the costs are donated by the Cowboys, the TV network (CBS), the performer and all the workers who help make it happen," the organizations wrote in the email. "Selena gave her time generously: in rehearsal, during the show, in her 14 consecutive media interviews and by engaging with the public on social media," the email stated. Gomez tweeted about the halftime concert and urged her followers to donate to the campaign. For more info on the Red Kettle campaign, go to onlineredkettle.org.
Q: With the Ga. 400 toll going away, what will be done with the land where the booths and the deceleration and acceleration lanes are? That looks like maybe 10 acres or so.
—Marlow Skinner, Alpharetta
A: Part of that area will be replaced with grass and northbound and southbound lanes, but the toll plaza building will stay, State Road and Tollway Authority spokeswoman Malika Reed Wilkins told Q&A on the News in an email. The Ga. 400 demolition project is expected to be complete next fall.
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