Record-breaking pop stars Westlife have been offered the Freedom of Sligo and now there is a new venue to accommodate the ceremony, should the band, three of whom are from the town, accept.
Sligo Corporation takes possession of the newly refurbished City Hall on Thursday and according to the local town clerk, the building on Quay Street will host the award ceremony whenever it takes place.
"The band have been offered the freedom of the city but we haven't heard back from them yet," town clerk, Mr John McNabola, said this week.
The offer was made through the mother of one of the Sligo-born singers in the band. They are Shane Filan, Kian Egan and Mark Feehily.
The other members are Bryan McFadden and Nicky Byrne, from Dublin. "We would need the ambience and atmosphere of a proper city hall to do such an event justice," he said.
The offer was proposed by the Mayor of Sligo, Ms Rosaleen O'Grady, and agreed by the Borough Council last month when the five-piece made recording history.
Their hit Fool Again was their fifth consecutive single to enter the British charts at number one. No other band in history has managed the feat.
Managed by Boyzone manager Louis Walsh and singer Ronan Keating, the band's first number one was Swear It Again.
Speaking at the time of their fifth number 1 in April, Mark Feehily said coming from a small town in the west of Ireland and going to America "was a culture shock - but it was great."
"The offer was made to recognise the band's considerable success in the musical arena," said Mr McNabola.
The band are expected to accept the honour and when they do, they will join past recipients such as Eamon de Valera, Sean Lemass and more recently, Ray MacSharry.
The trend of offering the freedom of individual cities to pop bands was started by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Cllr Mary Freehill. In March she awarded the Freedom of Dublin to U2.