LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A country music star welcomed travelers to SDF in a futuristic way.

People going through Muhammad Ali International Airport on Friday got a special greeting from Dierks Bentley.

But he wasn’t there in person. Instead, he appeared via a life-sized hologram and talked with people walking by.

WAVE spoke with one person who was ready to enjoy some music at Bourbon and Beyond.

“It was crazy. I didn’t expect him to be here, but you walk through Louisville, and you see country music and Bourbon and Beyond is this weekend, so it’s exciting,” Regan Prieto said. “Everyone was like, ‘You should go up and ask him a question,’ and I was like, ‘Wait, is he like real or is it just like a video,’ and he was real.”

The display was made possible through a partnership with Row 9

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