All of the roughly 15,000 tickets for Friday June 10,2016 public memorial
service in Louisville honoring boxing legend Muhammad Ali, the city's
most famous son, have been distributed, organizers said.
Hundreds of people formed long lines early in the day for a chance at a seat in the KFC Yum! Center, a large sports arena, for Friday's interfaith ceremony, at which former president Bill Clinton and comedian Billy Crystal will eulogize Ali.
Ali, whose remarkable boxing career and civil rights activism made him one of the most indelible figures of the 20th century, died on Friday June 03,2016 at age 74 after a decades-long battle with Parkinson's disease.
Louisville, the largest city in the southern state of Kentucky and home to 600,000 people, will play host Thursday and Friday to a mass public celebration of Ali's life.
"This is part of our history and I feel like Muhammad Ali has an awesome legacy," said 23- year-old waitress Andeja Tyler, who stood in line waiting for tickets.
"I just want to be part of it," she said.
Ten ticket booths were set up to distribute four free tickets per person. In just one hour, all of them had been handed out.
Hundreds of people formed long lines early in the day for a chance at a seat in the KFC Yum! Center, a large sports arena, for Friday's interfaith ceremony, at which former president Bill Clinton and comedian Billy Crystal will eulogize Ali.
Ali, whose remarkable boxing career and civil rights activism made him one of the most indelible figures of the 20th century, died on Friday June 03,2016 at age 74 after a decades-long battle with Parkinson's disease.
Louisville, the largest city in the southern state of Kentucky and home to 600,000 people, will play host Thursday and Friday to a mass public celebration of Ali's life.
"This is part of our history and I feel like Muhammad Ali has an awesome legacy," said 23- year-old waitress Andeja Tyler, who stood in line waiting for tickets.
"I just want to be part of it," she said.
Ten ticket booths were set up to distribute four free tickets per person. In just one hour, all of them had been handed out.
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