Salt Lake City is spending $3.6 billion to rebuild its international airport, so it is less than thrilled that Ogden may hijack its name for its own airport.
Utah’s seventh largest city is proposing to rename its airport the “Ogden-Salt Lake Regional Airport” to attract more airlines there.
Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski is protesting, prompting the Ogden City Council to at least temporarily postpone a final vote that it had scheduled for Tuesday.
“Given the beautiful new airport that Salt Lake City is building, we’re not surprised that other communities want to be associated with it,” said Biskupski’s spokesman, Matthew Rojas.