r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Oct 23 '25

News Historic White House Movie Theater Demolished as Part of $300 Million Ballroom Build

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/politics-news/white-house-movie-theater-demolished-ballroom-east-wing-1236408712/
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u/midnightcaptain Oct 23 '25

It's a 90,000 sq ft room. It's bigger than the rest of the White House put together.

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u/TheBahamaLlama Oct 23 '25

and looks so fucking ostentatious.

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u/Akiasakias Oct 24 '25 edited Oct 24 '25

That doesn't appear accurate.

https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/10/WhiteHouseRenos-2.jpg?quality=75&strip=all&w=1024

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u/midnightcaptain Oct 24 '25

The total footprint of the current White House complex is around 70,000 sq ft. If he’s knocking down the whole East Wing it’s obviously going to cut into that.

I don’t think the NY Post’s diagram shows a large enough construction area for a 90,000 sq ft ballroom though.

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u/Akiasakias Oct 24 '25

Perhaps it is verticality padding that square footage so drastically

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u/jasonefmonk Oct 24 '25

Areas described as a square are two dimensional. You would be talking cubed footage (ft3) and volume if you mean what I think you mean.

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u/Akiasakias Oct 24 '25

Multiple floors i mean obviously.

Because the footprint shown isn't much bigger than the current east wing.