The Kennedy Center said on June 19 that it is weighing whether to continue operating or partially close after a federal judge last month blocked the center’s planned two-year closure for renovations.
The options include a full closure with no ongoing programming or a partial closure that would allow “some continued public access and limited programming in spaces unaffected” by the construction work.
Another option involves implementing “a highly limited series of phased closures” to address the center’s most critical infrastructure needs while maintaining a full slate of programming, according to the filing.
The center said the court order “did not affirmatively require the board to reschedule programming that had previously been cancelled or to seek new programming,” and did not prevent the board from approving a closure of the center.
“Center management currently intends for the center and its building to maintain an operational model past the originally planned closure date of July 5,” the filing reads. “That model, which the center is currently following, contemplates continued public access to the center’s public spaces and to the living memorial for President Kennedy.”