The city of Louisville, Kentucky, is making a major change in order to honor “The Greatest of All Time.”
On Wednesday, the Board of Louisville Regional Airport Authority voted to rename the airport to pay tribute to boxing legend Muhammad Ali, a Louisville native. The airport will now be called the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport. The airport’s “SDF” code will not change, though.
Ali died in June 2016 at the age of 74 after spending more than three decades with Parkinson’s disease. Ali’s widow, Lonnie Ali, approved of the decision “to reflect Muhammad’s impact on the city and his love for his hometown,” according to the Louisville Courier-Journal‘s Billy Korbin:
“I am happy that visitors from far and wide who travel to Louisville will have another touch point to Muhammad and be reminded of his open and inclusive nature, which is reflective of our city. Muhammad was a global citizen, but he never forgot the city that gave him his start. It is a fitting testament to his legacy.”
Source: Louisville International Airport to Be Renamed for Muhammad Ali
