Rail stop to become 'Kobe Station' for Laker star's last day

— -- LOS ANGELES -- As Kobe Bryant makes the last stop of his storied 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers, a downtown train station will be part of the citywide celebration.

The Pico Station on Metro's Blue and Expo rail lines will for a day become the Kobe Station.

The station is the Metro stop for Staples Center, the arena two blocks away where Bryant, 37, will play his last game before retirement Wednesday night against the Utah Jazz.

A Metro spokesman says workers will change the signs at the station to bear Kobe's name starting at 6 a.m.