{"id":63413,"date":"2026-02-03T22:55:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T22:55:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/kennedy-center-to-close-for-construction-for-2-years-trump-says\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T22:55:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T22:55:19","slug":"kennedy-center-to-close-for-construction-for-2-years-trump-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/kennedy-center-to-close-for-construction-for-2-years-trump-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Kennedy Center to close for construction for 2 years, Trump says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/tag\/kennedy-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts<\/a>\u00a0will close for approximately two years for &#8220;Construction, Revitalization, and Complete Rebuilding,&#8221; President Trump announced on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Complete closure of the performing arts center in Washington, D.C., will start on July 4, Mr. Trump said in a social media post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not yet clear how extensive the changes to the Kennedy Center&#8217;s current building might be. Mr. Trump <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-not-planning-to-rip-down-kennedy-center\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">was asked Monday<\/a><\/span> if the center will be torn down.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not ripping it down,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;ll be using the steel. So we&#8217;re using the structure, we&#8217;re using some of the marble and some of the marble comes down.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The president said he expects the project will cost about $200 million.<strong>\u00a0<br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The decision to fully close the center over a partial construction came after a year of review by experts, the president said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The temporary closure will produce a much faster and higher quality result!,&#8221; Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social. &#8220;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.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Interim Kennedy Center Director Richard Grenell <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RichardGrenell\/status\/2018141248079712680\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">said on social media<\/a> the center &#8220;desperately needs this renovation and temporarily closing the Center just makes sense,&#8221; adding that it will be &#8220;a brief closure in retrospect.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump and Grenell did not provide specifics on any possible structural problems with the center.<\/p>\n<p>In December, the center&#8217;s board\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/kennedy-center-board-votes-to-rename-institution-trump-kennedy-center-white-house-says\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">voted to rename the organization<\/a><\/span>\u00a0as the Trump-Kennedy Center, and the president&#8217;s name was\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-kennedy-center-performing-arts-board-rename-ffb6829221bddc012c24ce696ebf0633\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">added to the exterior of the building<\/a>. The move\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/kennedy-center-board-votes-to-rename-institution-trump-kennedy-center-white-house-says\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">drew outrage from Democratic lawmakers<\/a><\/span>, who argued the name can&#8217;t be changed without legislation because the center was created by Congress. \u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/31\/e6eacc59-38f7-474e-9b06-88d504c89fad\/thumbnail\/620x413\/abecff61ea81f9e32efcffe1f7ace40e\/gettyimages-2253257010.jpg#\" alt=\"Donald Trump and John F. Kennedy Center \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/31\/e6eacc59-38f7-474e-9b06-88d504c89fad\/thumbnail\/620x413\/abecff61ea81f9e32efcffe1f7ace40e\/gettyimages-2253257010.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/12\/31\/e6eacc59-38f7-474e-9b06-88d504c89fad\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/21925e983b5c9378934beb82aefaf8b4\/gettyimages-2253257010.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A view of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., after President Trump&#8217;s name was added to the facade.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Celal Gunes\/Anadolu via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The closure announcement comes as several high-profile performers scheduled to appear at the U.S. capital&#8217;s leading performing arts venue said they were pulling out in the wake of Mr. Trump&#8217;s takeover. On Thursday, he hosted a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/melania-premiere-president-trump-red-carpet-center-stage\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">premiere of the Melania Trump documentary &#8220;Melania&#8221;<\/a><\/span> at the center.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Staffers at the Kennedy Center told CBS News they learned of renovation and closure plans on Sunday evening from Mr. Trump&#8217;s social media post.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t know what any of it means,&#8221; said one senior staffer, granted anonymity because they&#8217;re not authorized to speak publicly about Kennedy Center operations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The president&#8217;s plans for the Kennedy Center come after he had the East Wing of the White House demolished last year to make way for a new ballroom, the future of which is currently the subject of an ongoing <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/judge-skeptical-of-trump-authority-to-build-white-house-ballroom\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">lawsuit seeking to halt its construction<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump on Sunday said the center&#8217;s closure is subject to approval by Kennedy Center board members. The president\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-fires-kennedy-center-board-chair\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">ousted a group<\/a><\/span>\u00a0of Kennedy Center board members last February and installed close allies as replacements, who then voted to name him chair.<\/p>\n<p>John F. Kennedy&#8217;s grandson, Jack Schlossberg, who is running as a Democrat to fill the House seat being vacated by New York Rep. Jerry Nadler, said on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JBKSchlossberg\/status\/2018147548876128273\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">social media<\/a>: &#8220;Trump can take the Kennedy Center for himself.   He can change the name, shut the doors, and demolish the building.   He can try to kill JFK.   But JFK is kept alive by us now rising up to remove Donald Trump, bring him to justice, and restore the freedoms generations fought for.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Democracy Defenders Action and the Washington Litigation Group, which have already sued the Trump administration on behalf of former board member Rep. Joyce Beatty over the change to the venue&#8217;s name, threatened further legal action Sunday over the closure. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Kennedy Center was illegally renamed. Ever since, artists and patrons have left in protest. That is embarrassing. Donald Trump&#8217;s recent announcement that he will be closing the Center for two years raises serious questions about whether his purpose isn&#8217;t to renovate but to shut the Center down to avoid further embarrassment,&#8221; the two groups said in a joint statement. &#8220;This will add further injury to the damage already done. We already have court proceedings pending and we will be considering all legal remedies to address this new and concerning development.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>CBS News has reached out to the Kennedy Center for comment. \u00a0<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n<p>                      <span class=\"byline__author__text\">Emma  Nicholson<\/span> and <\/p>\n<p>                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/joe-walsh\/\" class=\"byline__author__link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Joe  Walsh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"component__item-recirc-block\">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">Go deeper with The Free Press<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/kennedy-center-closing-2-years-construction-trump-july-4\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The John F. 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