MD Tries to Lure Southwest

According to The Baltimore Sun, the State of Maryland has been trying to convince Southwest Airlines to move its 3,000 person headquarters to the state from its current Dallas, TX location. Apparently an obscure 1970s law prevents Southwest from flying from Dallas' Love Field to any place outside of a 7 state radius, and Texas has refused to overturn this law. Maryland has already built a new wing at BWI Airport for Southwest. If Southwest moved to Maryland, would they have to call themselves Mideast?