US EditionBoard approves Trump plan to close Kennedy Center for two years
The Kennedy Center board unanimously approved a two-year closure after July 4 for extensive repairs amid leadership changes and declining ticket sales, with $257 million secured for renovations.
- On Monday, the Kennedy Center board unanimously voted to close the facility for two years following the July 4 holiday, with Rep. Joyce Beatty attending after a federal judge compelled document disclosure.
- President Donald Trump installed his own board and renamed the venue the Trump-Kennedy Center, then justified the closure as necessary for "major renovations" while replacing Richard Grenell with Matt Floca to oversee construction.
- Federal Judge Christopher Cooper ordered the board to release renovation budgets and documents, ruling Beatty was entitled to the information after the administration circulated only outdated health assessments from 2021 and 2022.
- Deborah Borda, president emerita of the New York Philharmonic, warned in sworn declarations that the two-year closure would cause severe, immediate harm, with performers leaving and donors developing new institutional loyalties.
- Rep. Joyce Beatty continues challenging the legality of the closure and renaming, arguing "no president has the authority to shut Congress out of the governance of the Kennedy Center, much less unilaterally rename or demolish it.
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