The area outside the Staples Centre will be renamed after Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant. The five-time NBA Champion was tragically killed in a helicopter crash in January along with his daughter Gigi.
And now a portion of the street outside the Lakers home, Figueroa Street, will be named in his honour, according to Los Angeles City Council member Herb J.
Wesson Jr. The area between Olympic Boulevard and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard will be known as Kobe Bryant Boulevard. He tweeted: "Figueroa St.
will soon be Kobe Bryant Blvd. between Olympic & MLK. 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
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