Trump to build ballroom at White House

The president’s long-held desire to build a ballroom – a $200 million project – marks the most extensive alteration to the White House since Truman’s 1952 renovation

WHITE HOUSE

Rendering showing renovated East Wing

WHITE HOUSE STATE BALLROOM
To be constructed at least partially in East Wing

Area: 8,360 sq metres
Seating capacity: 650

West Wing: Location of Oval Office and offices of senior staff

Executive Residence: Upper two floors

East Room: Largest room in building, can seat 200 people

East Wing: First Lady’s office to be temporarily relocated during works

Interior: Rendering shows lavish style, very similar to Louis XIV-style main event room at Mar-a-Lago, Trump’s estate in Palm Beach

Press Briefing Room
Cabinet Room
Rose Garden
Vice President
Jacqueline Kennedy Garden
Oval Office
Blue Room

Source: White House
Pictures: McCrery Architects PLLC/The White House
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