The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington will close for roughly two years to permit for in depth renovations, President Donald Trump mentioned Sunday.
Trump, who is also chair of the newly rebranded Trump Kennedy Center, mentioned on social media he decided that the closure, slated for July 4, “will produce a much faster and higher quality result” as he seeks to rebuild the complex.
Trump mentioned the transfer is pending approval by the middle’s board, whose members have been picked by the president.
“This important decision, based on input from many Highly Respected Experts, will take a tired, broken, and dilapidated Center, one that has been in bad condition, both financially and structurally for many years, and turn it into a World Class Bastion of Arts, Music, and Entertainment, far better than it has ever been before,” he mentioned, including that financing is “fully in place.”
NCS has reached out to the Kennedy Center and the White House for extra particulars.
The president’s announcement comes because the nation’s preeminent performing arts heart contends with a flood of cancellations that started quickly after the board added the president’s identify to the complicated. Most not too long ago, award-winning composer Philip Glass withdrew the June world premiere of his symphony based mostly on Abraham Lincoln.
Trump has made reshaping the Kennedy Center a precedence in his second time period. His “One Big, Beautiful Bill” included $257 million for “necessary expenses for capital repair, restoration, maintenance backlog, and security structures.” Trump has touted restoration of the outside marble, the inside chairs and “fully” renovated phases, which he mentioned final summer season will be full inside a 12 months.