A tarp covers the sign for the Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., last week as federal employees complied with a court order to remove Trump's name from the building. Photo by Aaron Schwartz/UPI | License Photo
June 20 (UPI) -- The board of directors at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing told a judge this week that the venue has no plans to schedule new programming and will likely remain closed for renovations.
U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper in May ruled that the Kennedy Center's board had decided to close the facility in July for two years of renovations and refurbishments without considering its responsibilities as a federal monument, ABC News and The Washington Post reported.
The May 29 ruling also ordered the center to remove President Donald Trump's name from the building, which it complied with last Friday, just hours before the court's deadline to do so.
Trump made a sudden announcement in February that he planned for the center to be shut down for "construction, revitalization and complete rebuilding" over the course of a two-year period.
