2026年10月2日 美国东部时间12:25 / 美国有线电视新闻网（CNN）
作者：桑伦·瑟法蒂（Sunlen Serfaty）
这张来自哥伦比亚广播公司（CBS）的照片显示，唐纳德·J·特朗普总统于2025年12月主持第48届肯尼迪中心荣誉奖颁奖典礼。
玛丽·考/哥伦比亚广播公司/盖蒂图片社
由于一场政治与法律纠纷让该机构的未来悬而未决，一年一度的肯尼迪中心荣誉奖将首次改在约翰·F·肯尼迪表演艺术中心以外的场地举办。
美国有线电视新闻网获取的一张“敬请期待”海报显示，这场颁奖典礼将于12月7日周一迁至华盛顿特区市中心的第一资本竞技场（Capital One Arena），主办方称此举是该活动传统的“延伸”。
这场群星云集的颁奖盛典旨在表彰那些通过表演艺术为美国文化做出终身贡献的人士，通常在肯尼迪中心的歌剧院内举办。
然而，肯尼迪中心主楼目前处于封闭状态。该中心亲特朗普的董事会与管理层辩称，必须关停主楼开展为期两年的大规模翻新工程。他们认为，需要唐纳德·特朗普总统协助筹集翻新资金，并提议将特朗普的名字添加到该机构名称中以表彰其贡献——这两项提议都正在联邦法院审理的一起诉讼中遭到质疑。
这些因素让人们对今年12月颁奖典礼举办时该建筑的使用状态产生了疑问。肯尼迪中心执行董事马特·弗洛卡（Matt Floca）已向法院表示，出于安全考虑，大楼必须保持关闭，关闭状态将每周评估一次。
今年无法将该场馆用于其标志性活动之一，凸显了这家艺术机构今年以来乃至至今所经历的动荡局势的严重性。
自特朗普动用权力任命亲信进入肯尼迪中心董事会，并于去年2月当选董事会主席以来，该场馆的门票销量持续下滑、知名演出纷纷取消，围绕将这位第47任美国总统名字写入机构名称的多轮法律纠纷也接连爆发。
美国有线电视新闻网此前曾报道，特朗普深度介入该机构导致其财务状况进一步恶化，但他仍未放弃将该中心改造成符合其个人形象的尝试。
肯尼迪中心荣誉奖创办于1978年，通常由特别咨询委员会每年评选出获奖艺术家。咨询委员会成员包括董事会成员。
去年的获奖者包括乡村音乐歌手乔治·斯特雷特（George Strait）、摇滚乐队KISS、歌手格洛丽亚·盖诺（Gloria Gaynor）、托尼奖得主迈克尔·克劳福德（Michael Crawford）以及演员西尔维斯特·史泰龙（Sylvester Stallone）。
特朗普以董事会主席身份亲自主持了去年的颁奖典礼，这是史无前例的举动——也是首次由总统主持该活动。今年8月公布提名名单时，特朗普称自己在评选过程中“投入了98%的精力”。
2026年的获奖者名单尚未公布。该活动从未在非场馆场地举办过。新冠疫情期间，2020届荣誉奖颁奖典礼被推迟至次年举办，并采用了室内外结合的混合形式。
This year’s Kennedy Center Honors will be relocated amid ongoing legal battle
2026-10-02 12:25 PM ET / CNN
By Sunlen Serfaty
This photo from CBS shows President Donald J. Trump hosting the 48th Annual Kennedy Center Honors in December 2025.
Mary Kouw/CBS/Getty Images
For the first time, the annual Kennedy Center Honors will be held somewhere other than the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts amid a political and legal fight that has put the institution’s future in limbo.
The “relocation” to Capital One Arena in downtown Washington, DC, on Monday, December 7, will reflect an “extension” of the tradition of the event, according to a Save the Date poster announcing the details obtained by CNN.
The star-studded gala performance recognizes individuals who have made lifetime contributions to American culture through the performing arts and is typically held in the Opera House of the Kennedy Center itself.
However, the main building of the Kennedy Center is currently locked, as the center’s Trump-aligned board and leadership argue that it must close for an extensive two-year renovation. They have argued that President Donald Trump’s help is needed to raise funds for the renovation, and that his name should be added to the institution to acknowledge his efforts – both points that are being contested in a lawsuit working its way through a federal court.
These factors call into question what the status of the building will be by the time of the event in December. The Kennedy Center’s executive director Matt Floca has told the court that the building must remain closed amid safety concerns and that the closure will be evaluated on a week-by-week basis.
The inability to use the building this year for one of their marquee events underscores the significance of the tumultuous year the arts institution has endured – and continues to endure.
Since Trump used his powers to appoint allies to the Kennedy Center board and was elected chairman last February, the venue has suffered from declining ticket sales, high profile performance withdrawals and multiple rounds of legal disputes over putting the 47th president’s name on the building.
Trump’s heavy involvement in the institution has led to a further deterioration of its finances, CNN previously reported, but he has refused to back off from his quest to remake the center in his image.
Established in 1978, the Kennedy Center Honors show celebrates artists typically selected by a special advisory board for the distinction each year. The advisory board includes members of the board of trustees.
Last year, honorees included country music singer George Strait, the rock band KISS, singer Gloria Gaynor, Tony-award winner Michael Crawford and actor Sylvester Stallone.
In an unprecedented move, Trump, as chairman of the board, hosted the event last year himself – the first time a president had done so. Unveiling the list of honorees in August, he said he was “98% involved” in picking them.
The 2026 honorees have yet to be selected. The event has never been held off-site. During the Covid pandemic the 2020 Honorees was postponed to the following year – with a hybrid version being indoors and outdoors.
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