Trump to Host UFC Event on White House South Lawn
A temporary arena is under construction on the White House South Lawn for a June 14 UFC event. The structure will host 4,300 guests with additional viewing at nearby Ellipse Park. Officials also continue work on a separate 90,000-square-foot ballroom project.
ForbesThe arena will seat 4,300 invited guests on the lawn and accommodate 75,000 to 100,000 additional spectators through giant screens at nearby Ellipse Park. ” He compared the structure to the Eiffel Tower, which was built for the 1889 World’s Fair and later retained.
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UFC has stated it plans to spend $700,000 to repair grass damaged on the South Lawn after the arena is removed.
Construction is also underway on a 90,000-square-foot ballroom that involves tearing down the East Wing. The National Trust for Historic Preservation sued to stop the project, arguing the administration bypassed required historic-preservation reviews.
The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts received a record 2,000 public comments on the ballroom proposal, 99 percent of which were critical. Trump previously replaced the Rose Garden lawn, originally installed in 1913, with stone paving. ” Historic preservation experts have questioned the reflecting-pool change.
” Trump has also proposed a 250-foot triumphal arch near Arlington to mark the country’s 250th anniversary and repainting the fountain basin at the National World War II Memorial.
April, Trump suggested establishing a $10 billion fund for Washington, D.C., beautification projects. Sen. Jeff Merkley, the top Democrat on the Senate panel overseeing the Park Service budget, said he is “a ‘hell no’ on giving Trump a blank check for vanity projects.”
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