官员表示，这起结构故障凸显了“数十年的忽视”以及对2.5亿美元翻新工程的迫切需求
美国东部时间2026年9月5日晚上10:02 / 福克斯新闻
作者：布里·斯廷森
工人移除约翰·F·肯尼迪表演艺术中心上的唐纳德·特朗普姓名，此前一项联邦法院作出了相关裁决。
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肯尼迪中心周六分享的照片显示，这座拥有50多年历史的表演艺术建筑的主走廊在一场暴雨中发生了局部天花板坍塌。
肯尼迪中心公共关系副总裁罗玛·达拉维表示，此次坍塌凸显了对该建筑进行翻新的必要性。
“正如我们的主席[唐纳德·特朗普总统]所倡导的那样，这再次表明迫切需要关闭建筑进行翻新和振兴，”达拉维在发给福克斯新闻数字频道的一份声明中说道，并补充道，“这起结构故障源于历届领导层数十年来的忽视和维护延误，没有理由再拖延修复美国这一文化中心的工作。”
视频曝光特朗普肯尼迪中心潜藏的破败状况，2.57亿美元翻新计划迫在眉睫
肯尼迪中心的一段天花板塌落到主大厅内。（肯尼迪中心供图）
由特朗普领导的该中心董事会在8月投票决定关闭建筑两年。
此前，一名法官在5月裁定，必须移除特朗普的姓名，距离董事会投票将该建筑命名为“唐纳德·J·特朗普与约翰·F·肯尼迪纪念表演艺术中心”已过去数月。
“除非我能自由地做我比任何人都擅长的事，从物理、财务和艺术层面重振这个机构，否则我无意继续这场只会是通往‘永无岛’的无望之旅，”特朗普当时在Truth Social上写道。“因此，鉴于激进左翼民主党人更热衷于反对你们最爱的总统——我，而非拯救这个濒临倒闭的表演艺术中心——全美各地几乎所有此类中心都在巨额亏损，我们将与国会合作，将这个失败的机构交还给他们，以便他们决定如何处理。”
特朗普姓名将从肯尼迪中心移除，上诉法院驳回董事会请求的行政暂缓
周五部分天花板塌落到主大厅后，肯尼迪中心天花板受损情况。
上个月，董事会投票决定将该机构的场地更名为“唐纳德·J·特朗普总统广场”，并在建筑上添加文字“约翰·F·肯尼迪表演艺术中心，由唐纳德·J·特朗普总统修复翻新”。
董事会仍在通过法律程序推进更名、关闭建筑以及2.5亿美元的翻新计划。
反对关闭的社区组织“保留肯尼迪中心”的创始人格蕾丝·特普斯特拉表示，她认为董事会将利用此次坍塌“来证明整个建筑都需要关闭，它随时可能砸到每个人头上”。
肯尼迪中心驳斥有关承包商投标的指控，尽管民主党参议员作出相关声明
约翰·F·肯尼迪表演艺术中心。（马克·希费尔贝恩/美联社照片）
她补充道：“我认为他们会试图将此事放大，并称他们还发现了许多其他问题。”
自6月移除组成特朗普姓名的青铜字母以来，建筑正面一直覆盖着防水布和脚手架。
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上周，该中心移除了一件2019年以来一直放置在建筑外的现代艺术品《蓝色》，并在一份声明中表示，“我们很荣幸能担任已故雕塑家乔尔·夏皮罗作品的守护者”。
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布里·斯廷森是福克斯新闻数字频道驻洛杉矶的娱乐与突发新闻撰稿人。
Kennedy Center ceiling partially collapses as Trump-led board pushes for 2-year closure
Officials say the structural failure highlights ‘decades of neglect’ and the urgent need for $250M in renovations
September 5, 2026 10:02pm EDT / Fox News
By Brie Stimson
Workers remove President Donald Trump’s name from the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts following a federal court ruling.
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The Kennedy Center shared photos on Saturday that showed a partial ceiling collapse that happened during a rainstorm in the main hallway of the over 50-year-old performing arts building.
Roma Daravi, vice president of public relations for the Kennedy Center, said the collapse underscored the need to close the building for renovations.
“Another example of the urgent need to close for renovation and revitalization, as our Chairman [President Donald] Trump has championed,” Daravi said in a statement shared with Fox News Digital, adding, “This structural failure stems from decades of neglect and deferred maintenance by the previous leadership, and there’s no justification for further delays in restoring America’s cultural center.”
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A section of the Kennedy Center’s ceiling collapsed into the main hall.(Kennedy Center)
The center’s board, which is led by Trump, voted in August to close the building for two years.
This came after a judge ruled in May that Trump’s name must come off the building months after the board voted to name it: “The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts.”
“Unless I am free to do what I do better than anyone else, bring this Institution back, physically, financially, and artistically, I have no interest in continuing what could only be a hopeless journey into ‘NEVER NEVER LAND,’” Trump wrote on Truth Social at the time. “Therefore, based on the fact that the Radical Left Democrats care more about opposing your favorite President, ME, than saving a dying Performing Arts Center, almost all of which lose large amounts of money throughout the Country, we are going to be working with Congress to transfer this failing Institution back to them so they can make a determination as to what to do with it.”
TRUMP’S NAME TO BE REMOVED FROM KENNEDY CENTER AS APPEALS COURT DENIES BOARD’S REQUEST FOR ADMINISTRATIVE STAY
Damage to the Kennedy Center ceiling after part of it fell into the main hall on Friday.
Last month, the board voted to rename the institution’s grounds “President Donald J. Trump Plaza” and to put lettering on the building that says “The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump.”
The board remains in court fighting to move forward with the name changes, as well as the closure and $250 million in renovations.
Grace Terpstra, founder of the community group Keep the KC, which is fighting the closure, said she thinks the board will use the collapse “to make the point that the whole thing needs to be shut down, that it’s going to fall on everybody.”
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.(Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo)
She added, “I think they’ll try to make it into a bigger thing and show that they’ve found a lot of other things.”
A tarp and scaffolding has covered the front of the building since the bronze letters that made up Trump’s name were removed in June.
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Last week, the center did remove a piece of modern artwork called “Blue” that has been outside the building since 2019, saying in a statement, “we are honored to have been stewards” of the late sculptor Joel Shapiro’s work.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Brie Stimson is a Los Angeles-based entertainment and breaking news writer for Fox News Digital.