Muhammad Ali Center hosts 8th annual Ali Festival Carnival

THE ALI CENTER. OUR MEGAN MATTHEWS TAKES US THERE TODAY. KICKED OFF THE EIGHTH ANNUAL ALI FESTIVAL AT THE MUHAMMAD ALI CENTER, WHICH NOT ONLY HELPS CELEBRATE LOUISVILLE, THE CITY HE LOVED, BUT ALSO KEEP HIS LEGACY ALIVE. LIVE. THOUSANDS ATTENDED THE ALI FEST CARNIVAL ON SUNDAY, ENJOYING FOOD, GAMES, BOXING DEMONSTRATIONS AND FAMILY FUN. BUT FOR THOSE LIKE ANNIE MOORE WITH THE ALI CENTER, THEY SAY IT’S SO MUCH MORE. YOU KNOW, WHEN MUHAMMAD AND LONNIE WERE PLANNING THE ALI CENTER, THEY LOOKED AT NEW YORK AND LOS ANGELES AND VEGAS AND CHICAGO AND PLACES AROUND THE WORLD. BUT HE WANTED IT TO BE IN LOUISVILLE. AND WE WANT TO HONOR THAT BY GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND HAVING EVERYBODY OUT, AND TO HIGHLIGHT THE COMMUNITY. THE CENTER INVITED DOZENS OF LOCAL VENDORS. THAT’S PEOPLE LIKE SALMA HOGUE OF MISTER TRADE, WHO WERE GRATEFUL TO BE A PART OF THE EVENT. PEOPLE CELEBRATE. WE BRING IN KIDS. KIDS ALSO KNOW THE CULTURE, THE THE KNOW ABOUT MUHAMMAD ALI. THEY STUDY ABOUT ABOUT HIM, BUT THEY DON’T. THEY COME HERE TODAY AND THEY SEE THE CENTER. MORE FUN FOR THEM. AND WE KEEP IN THEIR MIND THE NAME OF MUHAMMAD ALI WILL STILL ALWAYS ALIVE AND REMEMBERED NOT ONLY FOR WHAT HE DID ACROSS THE WORLD IN THE BOXING RING, BUT ALSO RIGHT HERE IN HIS BELOVED HOMETOWN. YOU KNOW, I THINK EVERYBODY WANTS TO FEEL A PART OF MUHAMMAD’S LEGACY. I, YOU KNOW, WE GET STORIES ALL THE TIME OF PEOPLE WHO JUST RAN INTO HIM AND FELT SO SPECIAL. AND I KNOW THAT PEOPLE COME TO THE CENTER TO KIND OF GET A LITTLE BIT OF THAT MUHAMMAD MAGIC. AND SO WE HOPE THAT’