US EditionThe White House starts demolishing part of the East Wing to build Trump’s ballroom
The $250 million, 90,000-square-foot ballroom will triple the White House's event capacity to 650 guests and is funded by Trump and private donors.
- On Tuesday, October 21st 2025, crews began demolishing parts of the East Wing of the White House complex to make way for President Donald Trump's $250 million, 90,000-square-foot ballroom.
- Trump has said the ballroom is needed to host large state dinners now held in tents because the East Room seats roughly 200 and the East Wing will be modernized.
- Renderings show the ballroom covers around 8,360 square meters with bulletproof windows, chandeliers, marble floors, and Clark Construction managing, AECOM engineering, and Carrier Global Corp supplying HVAC.
- Critics reacted as demolition began without federal planning commission sign-off amid a federal government shutdown, with Sen. Elizabeth Warren mocking the timing and the Treasury Department warning staff not to share photos.
- The administration says President Donald Trump and private donors will finance the $250 million ballroom, aiming to finish by January 2029 with a capacity of 1,000 people.
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