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Kennedy Center Board votes to close facility for two years for construction

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H1: Kennedy Center Board votes to close facility for two years for construction

The Kennedy Center's Board of Trustees voted Thursday to close the performing arts center to proceed with a planned two-year renovation, bucking concerns from preservationists and Democrats who fought to keep the center open. The results of the vote, reported by multiple outlets, fall in line with President Donald Trump's February decision to close the facility for a two-year period to address structural damage to the theater. The board also voted to add Trump's name to the building on Thursday, according to the New York Times and the Associated Press. Trump's two-year closure, which had been set to begin in July, was initially thwarted when Obama appointee U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper ruled against it, saying the board's March vote to close was based on "insufficient" information.