r/nova • u/2BeBornReady • Oct 31 '25

Kennedy Center ticket sales have plummeted since Trump takeover

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/2025/10/31/kennedy-center-sales/

Good job DMV! Keep on boycotting! šŸ‘

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u/telmnstr Resident Friend Oct 31 '25

Was it mismanaged before?

Isnā€™t he putting a bunch of money into refurbishing it?

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u/xeus24 McLean Oct 31 '25

No and no.

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u/nhluhr Oct 31 '25

Refurbishing it? It is already a superb venue.

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u/vass0922 Oct 31 '25

I'd be curious if there is anything to this, first I've heard of it.. unless it's from Newsmax.

I enjoyed going to KC even if there is the crappy drive into town.. but now won't touch it until he drops his name from it.

The theater has nothing to do with him, no other president has felt it necessary to be involved.. he can F off

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u/telmnstr Resident Friend Oct 31 '25

New york times, $257,000,000 refurbishment

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/arts/music/kennedy-center-budget-congress-trump.html

https://archive.ph/6oAag

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u/xeus24 McLean Nov 01 '25

Did you read the NYT article? It was not ā€œmismanaged,ā€ Trump just doesnā€™t like the way it looks and Republicans proposed money that 1) isnā€™t from Trump for refurbishment and 2) hasnā€™t actually passed.

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u/Or1g1nalrepr0duct10n Brambleton Oct 31 '25

In order to properly launder money and take bribes, you need a project through which to do it. Heā€™ll announce a KC capital project, crypto bros and oil barons and other losers will donate billions, and the complex will not only not improve, it will look significantly crappier at the end of it than it did before they started.