Kennedy Center board votes to immediately close venue for renovations
- Kennedy Center board members voted Tuesday to close the performing arts venue, citing "dire" financial and structural conditions amid an ongoing dispute over renaming the building for President Donald Trump.
- Attempting to secure funding, the board previously voted to rename the facility "Trump Plaza," but Judge Christopher Cooper ruled the institution cannot install memorials for Trump without Congress's blessing.
- Although the board claims the center is in a "dire" financial position, Judge Cooper noted the institution still has access to $257 million appropriated by Congress for necessary capital improvements.
- Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, praised the court's ruling, stating the center is named for President Kennedy "and no one else," while accusing President Trump of holding the memorial hostage for vanity.
- As the board threatens to keep the Kennedy Center closed for two years, legal disputes continue over whether the board can bypass statutory restrictions on renaming the site to resolve its fiscal crisis.
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Kennedy Center, named Donald Trump at the beginning of the original 'John F. Kennedy Memorial Centre of Performing Arts' on December 19, 2025. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque The US President, Donald Trump, said on Tuesday (15) that the Kennedy Center Council decided "almost unanimously" to close the doors by "security reasons" and that the on-site reform will only take place if the institution is renamed "Trump-Kennedy Center". ☰ Follow the internationa…
Donald Trump announced the immediate closure of the Kennedy Center, Washington's high cultural site, after a court ruling preventing his name from being added to the building. ...
The board of directors took the decision on Tuesday in the presence of the U.S. President, who made the renovation of the cultural institution conditional on his patronymic being affixed to the Washington Building.The Kennedy Center, Washington's high cultural venue, will close immediately. As decided this Tuesday the board of directors of the institution, report several American media. Tuesday's meeting was held in the presence of President Don…
The board of trustees of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., has voted to immediately close the institution for a major renovation. However, the renovation will not begin until the courts allow the addition of the name of current US President Donald Trump to the institution's name, according to an announcement Tuesday by Trump himself, who is also the chairman of the board.
Washington's Kennedy Center is supposed to close down. US President Trump mentions security deficiencies and renovation work as reasons. Shortly before, a judge stops the Republican's renaming plans.
Kennedy Centre board votes to close for repairs, as judge blocks Trump’s name
The board of the John F. Kennedy Memorial Centre for the Performing Arts voted on Tuesday to shut down the venue for repairs, a source familiar with the matter said, shortly after a federal judge blocked the centre from adding US President Donald Trump’s name to the building facade for a second time. The centre’s board of trustees, which is made up of Trump appointees with Trump himself serving as chairman, has said the iconic performing arts c…
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