Bookmakers taking bets on new name for Cardiff Airport
10.07.05
After a tourism chief suggested that Cardiff Airport should be renamed after one of Wales' famous sons or daughters, a Welsh bookmaker has started taking bets on the likely name. Should the airport decide to follow Liverpool John Lennon and Robin Hood Doncaster's lead, St Davids International is leading the betting.
John Wake, director of Cardiff Tourism, called for Cardiff Airport to be named after a famous Welshman last week. He said: 'Wales should rename Cardiff airport after one of its famous sons or daughters,' (see this earlier cardiff airport news story). Now barmy bets were being laid on names including First Minister Rhodri Morgan and Diana, Princess of Wales.
Wales' largest bookmakers, Jack Brown, is taking wagers on likely names, should the airport follow the success of Liverpool Airport, which renamed itself after John Lennon. They are offering 16-1 odds on the airport being named after Tom Jones or Shirley Bassey, the National Assembly First Minister is 33-1 and Charlotte Church is the outsider at 50-1.
Favourites include the St Davids International Airport at 2-1, the New Millennium Airport of Wales at 7-2 and Diana International: The Princess of Wales Airport at 8-1.
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