The Party King of Scottsdale's $500,000 Christmas Fete Maureen O'Connor · 12/22/10 04:18PM Jason Hope is a Scottsdale, Arizona entrepreneur. He recently made headlines for throwing a $500,000 Christmas party featuring Ludacris ($100,000 performance fee) and Snooki ($17,500 appearance fee). Why would he do that? We asked his publicist.