Trump says Kennedy Center will close for about two years for construction in July

U.S. President Trump announced on Sunday that the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, newly renamed the Trump Kennedy Center, will halt entertainment operations for roughly two years beginning in July to allow construction.

"The temporary closure will produce a much faster and higher quality result!" Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. The center will close on July 4th, 2026, "whereupon we will simultaneously begin construction of the new and spectacular Entertainment Complex," he said.