LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 03: Kobe Bryant #24 of the Los Angeles Lakers runs up court after scoring a basket in Game One of the 2010 NBA Finals against the Boston Celtics at Staples Center on June 3, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User …
LOS ANGELES - A plan is in the works to rename a section of Figueroa Street near Staples Center in honor of Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant, it was announced Monday.
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Street near Staples Center to be renamed Kobe Bryant Blvd.
On this 8-24. The number of Kobe Bryant's Laker jerseys. The city of LA hopes to honor the late Laker legend by renaming a street near Staples Center. This comes a day after what would have been his 42nd birthday.
Los Angeles City Councilmen Curren Price and Herb Wesson will hold a press conference on Monday afternoon to present the proposed name change.
They are hoping that a stretch of Figueroa St. between Olympic and Martin Luther King Jr. boulevards will be renamed to Kobe Bryant Blvd.
"Kobe's legacy is bigger than basketball. #KobeBryantBlvd will be a reminder to everyone, young and old who drive down it, there is no obstacle too big and that with the #Mambamentality," anything is possible," Wesson said in a tweet.
Monday also marks Kobe Bryant Day in the city of Los Angeles and in Orange County.
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