US EditionWhite House Begins Tearing Down East Wing for Trump's $250 Million Ballroom
Demolition of the East Wing began to build a $250 million, privately funded ballroom with a capacity of up to 999 people, expanding event space beyond the current 200-person East Room.
- The White House has begun demolishing part of the East Wing to construct a ballroom for US President Donald Trump.
- The ballroom is planned to be 90,000 square feet, accommodating 650 people, as reported by The Washington Post.
- Funding for the project will come through private donations.
- The East Wing, built in 1902, last underwent modifications in 1942.
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Trump begins East Wing demolition for ballroom
What happenedDemolition crews Monday began ripping down the facade of the White House’s East Wing to build President Donald Trump’s $250 million ballroom.The White House went ahead with the demolition “despite not yet having sign-off from the National Capital Planning Commission, which approves construction work to government buildings in the Washington area,” The Associated Press said. Trump had pledged in July that the ballroom “won’t interfer…
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