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The 49th annual Kennedy Center Honors will be held at Washington's Capital One Arena instead of the iconic riverfront venue on December 7. The relocation follows a legal battle over plans to add Trump's name to the building, which a federal judge has blocked without Congressional approval, citing the center's status as a memorial to John F. Kennedy. The change in venue has not been officially explained, and the honorees for the upcoming ceremony have yet to be announced.
Independent journalism is facing unprecedented pressure. As newsrooms shrink, accountability disappears with them. Your membership keeps fearless, reader-funded reporting alive. This year’s Kennedy Center Honors will be held at Washington’s Capital One Arena, not the riverfront building that’s been at the center of a legal The 49th annual awards are set to take place at Washington’s downtown arena, a Kennedy Center spokesperson said Friday.
Few other details were immediately available, and an explanation for the change wasn’t given.the iconic performing arts venue along the Potomac River waterfront after a federal judge blocked the institution from returning Trump’s name to the building.. But he said the repairs would only happen if the board was allowed to move forward with plans to add his name to the building.
A federal judge has twice said that can’t happen without the approval of Congress, which has allocated $257 million for repairs. A view of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC on October 1, 2026. , whose honorees included Sylvester Stallone and George Strait.
He said at the time that he would rename the facility the “Trump Kennedy Center,” andCongress named the performing arts center as a living memorial to John F. Kennedy in 1964, the year after he was assassinated.the board of trustees from making the center into a memorial to anyone else, and from putting another person’s name on the building’s exterior. The Kennedy Center Honors, which recognize people for lifetime contributions to American culture through the performing arts, was established in 1978.
The 2026 honorees are set to be named at a later day, the center’s spokesperson said. The event will take place on December 7.
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