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Kennedy Center Honors won’t be held at namesake venue amid bitter battle over adding Trump name

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Chamberlain, S. (2026, October 2). Kennedy Center Honors won’t be held at namesake venue amid bitter battle over adding Trump name. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/02/us-news/kennedy-center-honors-wont-be-held-at-namesake-venue-amid-bitter-battle-over-adding-trump-name/

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The Kennedy Center Honors will be held at Capital One Arena instead of the Kennedy Center this December 7 due to ongoing legal battles over adding President Trump's name to the venue. The Kennedy Center has been closed since September when its board voted to halt operations until a federal court rules on whether they can rename the building with Trump’s approval, despite congressional restrictions. The decision comes as the center faces safety concerns following a partial ceiling collapse earlier this year.

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For the first time in nearly 50 years, the Kennedy Center Honors ceremony will not be held at its traditional home, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, due to a federal judge blocking plans by former President Trump's administration to add his name to the building without congressional approval. The event, scheduled for December 7th, will instead take place at Capital One Arena in downtown Washington D.C., which can accommodate around 20,000 people compared to the center’s Opera House capacity of just over 2,300. This change comes amid ongoing legal and political battles surrounding Trump's efforts to rename and renovate the landmark venue without legislative consent, despite Congress allocating $257 million for structural repairs.

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The Kennedy Center Honors are leaving the Kennedy Center. asserted

Honors → leave → Center

This year’s annual celebration of the performing arts will be held Dec. 7 at Capital One Arena in downtown Washington, DC, a center spokesperson announced Friday. asserted

spokesperson → perform → Washington

Few other details were immediately available, and an explanation for the change wasn’t given. asserted

explanation → give → change

Capital One Arena, the home of the NBA’s Wizards and NHL’s Capitals, can accommodate roughly 20,000 people for concerts — nearly nine times the 2,347-seat capacity of the Kennedy Center Opera House, where the gala has been held regularly since 1978. asserted

gala → accommodate → 1978

The Kennedy Center has been closed to the public since Sept. 15, when its board voted to shut down the building for renovations after a federal judge blocked the institution from adding President Trump’s name to the building without the consent of Congress, which has allocated $257 million to spruce up the 55-year-old building. asserted

which → close → building

That same day, Trump warned in a post on Truth Social that “the Renovation and Reconstruction, which is a very large and complex job, cannot begin until such time as the D.C. Circuit rules on the Board’s approved name. “ asserted

Circuit → warn → name

If the ruling is a negative one, which it should not be, and is overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Reconstruction and the Renovation of The Kennedy Center will not take place,” he added. asserted

he → overturn → place

The Kennedy Center’s board previously cited a partial ceiling collapse in the center’s Grand Foyer last month as evidence for the center needed to be immediately closed for repairs. asserted

center → cite → repairs

In a draft resolution proposing a two-year closure for construction, a consultant and the center’s director said they considered the main building unsafe for continued occupancy and warned of further risks to members of the public and employees if it remained open. asserted

it → propose → public

Trump hosted the 2025 Kennedy Center Honors, at which actor Sylvester Stallone and country legend George Strait were among the icons recognized. asserted

Stallone → host → icons

Days later, the performing arts venue’s board of trustees announced it had “unanimously” voted to add Trump’s name to the building — after he had dangled the possibility for months. asserted

he → perform → months

Congress named the performing arts center as a living memorial to John F. Kennedy in 1964, the year after he was assassinated, and the law expressly forbids the board of trustees from making the center into a memorial to anyone else or from putting another person’s name on the building’s exterior. asserted

law → name → exterior

Kennedy Center Honors won’t be held at namesake venue amid bitter battle over adding Trump name

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