# @nbcwashington on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-08-25T17:59:10.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NBC4 Washington (@nbcwashington) — https://gondola.cc/nbcwashington

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The Trump administration threatened the demolition of the Kennedy Center if the center is not allowed to close for two years for renovations.⁠
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The Justice Department floated the notion in a court filing Monday.⁠
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“Without those efforts, the Center will deteriorate further into an unsafe, decrepit structure that will be required to be taken down, with a determination to follow on what to build on the site, such as a large outdoor amphitheater overlooking the Potomac River that has been proposed, by some, for many years,” DOJ attorney Brantley T. Mayers wrote.⁠
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The department noted that any potential outdoor amphitheater would “fail to adequately honor” President John F. Kennedy, “but would be simpler and more economical to build, operate, and maintain.”⁠
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In the filing, attorneys called the Kennedy Center “structurally unsound, fundamentally unsafe, and embarrassing to the Nation’s Capital.”⁠
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