"Have to wonder how much of that is due to artists refusing to appear there." S2 #2,640
I had assumed so.
One corroborating fragment of evidence, Trump initially announced a down-time of less than one year,
but that parameter expanded to two years, seemingly overnight.
"He can use the same cheapo Home Hardware crap that he used in the Oval Office. That said, why would he care? After all, it's not his money that's going to be used." S2 #2,640
dis·mal (dĭzməl)
adj.
1. Causing gloom or depression; dreary: dismal weather; took a dismal view of the economy.
2. Characterized by ineptitude, dullness, or a lack of merit: a dismal book; a dismal performance on the cello.
3. Obsolete Dreadful; disastrous.
[Middle English, unlucky days, unlucky, from Anglo-Norman, unlucky days, from Medieval Latin diēs malī : Latin diēs, pl. of diēs, day; see dyeu- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + Latin malī, pl. of malus, evil; see mel-3 in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
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"He can use the same cheapo Home Hardware crap that he used in the Oval Office. That said, why would he care? After all, it's not his money that's going to be used." S2 #2,640
I have not corroborated it, but encountered one report that there was Gold adornment at the exterior of the Trump / Kennedy center, and under Trump's leadership that Gold accent was painted over.