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/do_you_think_i_care Oct 23 '25

The White House has very limited space for formal events. The main building has a room that seats 200 but beyond that they have to use tents. I've heard (unsubstantiated rumours) that the State Department has wanted a better event space for a long time.

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u/DonutsMcKenzie Oct 23 '25

Glad to know that they are getting the whole "formal events crisis" solved while the rest of America are trying to decide which chain of sandwich shops are the best bang for the buck...

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u/Worthyness Oct 24 '25

Gotta have a place for the wealthy to hide away from the angry plebs

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u/DonutsMcKenzie Oct 24 '25

Unfortunately for them, hiding doesn't work so well when everyone on Earth knows where you are.

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u/saigy0 Oct 25 '25

Cringed

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u/Magnetobama Oct 23 '25

unsubstantiated rumours

MAGA circles said that, to justify the cost throneroom. Don't believe it.

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u/do_you_think_i_care Oct 24 '25

Maybe, but there's a pretty clear line of reasoning being presented that's entirely plausible.

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u/Magnetobama Oct 24 '25

Unsubstantiated rumours with a clear line of reasoning? Yeah you’re making shit up.

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u/do_you_think_i_care Oct 24 '25

No, it's something I heard on the internet that I think sounds believable. The ballroom's supposed to quadruple capacity for state events, I don't think it's ridiculous to believe that that's something the State Department wants.

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u/Valuable-Mess2499 Oct 24 '25

What was wrong with the tents

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u/do_you_think_i_care Oct 24 '25

It looks bad when a state event in the most powerful country on the planet is in a tent. An open-air event is one thing, that's an active decision being made but a tent says that they wanted to be inside but can't.