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A Tennessee legislator proposed renaming the Nashville International Airport to Trump International Airport.
The Metro Nashville Airport Authority estimates the total cost of rebranding the airport at $10.34 million.
The bill proposing the name change does not specify if the state would provide funding for the renaming.
Days before President Donald Trump's inauguration last month, a Tennessee legislator filed a bill proposing to rename the Nashville International Airport to Trump International Airport. While some residents weren't sure whether to take the suggestion seriously, airport leadership did.
The Metro Nashville Airport Authority, BNA's governing board, assessed exactly what would go into rebranding the airport and estimated a total cost of $10.34 million. The MNAA provided the assessment and details about the potential rebranding to the state.
The analysis found that costs would include new signage across the entire 4,500-acre property, a replacement for the 40-foot-tall BNA monument, updated BNA Shop merchandise, shuttle bus decals, uniforms, business cards and the initial price tag to ammend hundreds of legal contracts, leases and other government documents.
What it doesn't include is the potential costs of legal obstacles from prior rights holders, objections from the United States Patent and Trademark Office or state and federal costs related to signage and markers.
The total $10.34 million cost breaks down to:
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$3.59 million for infrastructure and signage
$2.22 million for branding
$2.28 for trademark and legal costs
$2.25 million for administration and operational costs
The fee may seem like an exorbitant amount of money, but it's just a fraction of what the airport is spending on regular upgrades in its ongoing expansion. The BNA board recently approved a $1.3 billion redevelopment project called New Horizon II, bringing total construction costs since 2017 to $4.49 billion. Forthcoming road improvements will cost $300 million.
The bill proposing the name change does not clarify whether the state would contribute funding to the renaming. It seeks to direct the Airport Authority board "to erect suitable signs or affix suitable markers designating the airport as the 'Trump International Airport.'" The legislation also specifies that the airport would need to amend any and all trademarks with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
However, should the bill pass, it would allow the airport an unspecified "transition period" to continue operations under the current name, as long as it designates that it is "doing business as Trump International Airport."
Rep. Todd Warner, R-Chapel Hill, is the sponsor of the legislation. After he introduced the bill in the Tennessee House of Representatives, Rep. Tim Rudd, R-Murfreesboro, Rep. Michele Reneau, R-Signal Mountain, and Rep. Monty Fritts, R-Kingston, co-signed it. Sen. Joey Hensley, R-Hohenwald, sponsored the Senate bill.
Hadley Hitson covers business news for The Tennessean. She can be reached at hhitson@gannett.com. To support her work, subscribe to The Tennessean.
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