2026年7月2日 / 美国东部时间下午3:33 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
据肯尼迪中心官网消息，该中心正在发售售价高达2.5万美元的观演套餐，最多可容纳36名宾客一同观看7月4日华盛顿特区的全国烟花表演。
这款定价最高的套餐被标注为“总统级”套餐，售价2.5万美元，最多可容纳36人，包含屋顶露台的三张预留桌位、免费停车以及“整晚恒温室内休息室使用权”，肯尼迪中心官网介绍道。
“加入我们的‘独立日烟花之夜’，与家人朋友一同以壮观的方式庆祝国庆，欣赏华盛顿特区最具标志性的景观，”肯尼迪中心官网写道。
据肯尼迪中心介绍，这套2.5万美元的套餐中，近1.9万美元可用于税前抵扣。
这场由特朗普支持的组织“自由250”赞助的华盛顿烟花秀，至少要到当晚10点30分才会开始，而穆里尔·鲍泽市长上周表示，烟花将于晚上11点正式燃放。特朗普计划在烟花表演前发表讲话。
肯尼迪中心还推出了“副总统级”套餐，售价最高1.5万美元，最多可容纳24名宾客，包含最多两张桌位以及空调休息室使用权。该中心表示，这套门票中近1.1万美元可税前抵扣。“政要级”套餐售价7500美元，包含一张桌位，其中近5500美元可税前抵扣。这两个档位的套餐均包含免费停车服务。
三款套餐均包含“现场醒目标识展示”以及纪念版《独立日烟花之夜》活动地图上的赞助商冠名。
单人门票售价最低425美元，儿童票每张125美元。每位顾客限购最多6张普通门票，肯尼迪中心表示，其中250美元可用于税前抵扣。
目前尚不清楚门票销售收入将用于何处。
肯尼迪中心向哥伦比亚广播公司新闻表示，民众也可以选择在该中心的REACH广场免费观看烟花，广场上还会设有小吃摊。
这家艺术机构正面临潜在的财务危机：其陷入建筑施工纠纷、7月5日后缺乏规划好的演出项目，且法院下令移除建筑外墙上的特朗普总统姓名。特朗普政府的律师表示，在中心仍带有特朗普姓名期间收到的捐款必须退还，他们称这笔款项可能高达“数亿美元”。
特朗普去年重返白宫后不久，对肯尼迪中心进行了大幅调整，将董事会成员替换为盟友和政府高级官员，随后这些人投票选举他担任董事会主席。这位总统及其盟友还试图调整该机构的演出类型。
去年12月，董事会投票将中心名称更改为“唐纳德·J·特朗普与约翰·F·肯尼迪表演艺术中心”，随后特朗普的姓名被添加到建筑外墙上。今年5月，美国地区法院法官下令恢复原名，并移除外墙上的特朗普姓名，该整改于一个月后完成。
目前仍由特朗普盟友组成的董事会在6月投票决定，以特朗普的名义设立一项捐赠基金。在被迫恢复原名后的法庭文件中，特朗普政府声称，该中心仍被称为“特朗普肯尼迪中心”期间收到的捐款将被迫退还。
自特朗普姓名被移除以来，肯尼迪中心外一直盖着防水布，遮挡了前总统约翰·F·肯尼迪的姓名。最初提起诉讼要求恢复原名的民主党众议员乔伊斯·比蒂在提交给法院的文件中表示，“这块防水布似乎将长期保留”。
该表演艺术中心原定于7月5日因施工关闭，但这一计划已被联邦法官叫停。特朗普政府本月早些时候在法庭文件中表示，该中心“仍在为额外的资本维修和施工活动做准备”，而原告则在本月早些时候的法庭文件中表示，由于没有演出计划且多数员工已被解雇，该中心将“实质上处于关闭状态”。
“就目前情况而言，除非被告方采取行动，否则肯尼迪中心在2026年7月5日后将不会有任何有意义的运营活动，”比蒂的律师在6月19日的法庭文件中写道。
特朗普姓名已从肯尼迪中心移除
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trumps-name-removed-from-kennedy-center-after-court-order/
Kennedy Center selling $25,000 ticket package to watch D.C. July 4th fireworks
July 2, 2026 / 3:33 PM EDT / CBS News
The Kennedy Center is selling ticket packages for as high as $25,000 for up to three dozen guests to watch the Washington, D.C., national fireworks show on July 4th, according to its website.
The highest-cost ticket package, listed as the “presidential” package, costs $25,000 for up to 36 guests, which includes three reserved tables on the roof terrace, free parking and “climate-controlled indoor lounge access throughout the evening,” according to the Kennedy Center website.
“Join us for Fireworks on the Fourth as we celebrate our nation’s birthday in spectacular fashion, surrounded by family, friends, and the most iconic views in Washington D.C.,” the Kennedy Center website says.
According to the Kennedy Center, nearly $19,000 of the $25,000 package is tax deductible.
The D.C. fireworks show, which is sponsored by the Trump-backed organization Freedom 250, is not slated to begin until at least 10:30 p.m., and Mayor Muriel Bowser said last week it would begin at 11 p.m. Mr. Trump is scheduled to speak before the fireworks.
The Kennedy Center is also offering a vice-presidential package with tickets costing up to $15,000 for up to 24 guests, which includes up to two tables and access to the air-conditioned lounge. Nearly $11,000 of the ticket cost will be tax deductible, the center said. The statesman package costs $7,500 for one table and nearly $5,500 will be tax deductible. Free parking is also included in those two tiers.
All three ticket package tiers include “prominent on-site signage recognition” and a listing as a sponsor on the commemorative Fireworks on the Fourth event map.
A single ticket starts at $425, while children’s tickets cost $125 each. Those tickets are limited to six per customer, and the Kennedy Center says that $250 of that cost will be tax-deductible.
It was not immediately clear where the proceeds from ticket sales would go.
The Kennedy Center told CBS News that people will also have the option to watch the fireworks for free on the center’s REACH plaza, where there will also be concessions.
The arts institution faces a potential financial crisis amid a dispute over construction, a lack of planned programming after July 5 and the court-ordered removal of President Trump’s name from the building’s facade. Lawyers for the Trump administration have said donations made while the center included Mr. Trump’s name would have to be returned, which they allege could total “hundreds of millions of dollars.”
Mr. Trump made dramatic changes at the Kennedy Center shortly after returning to office last year, replacing members of the board with allies and top administration officials who then voted to make him chairman. The president and his allies also sought to make changes to the types of performances at the institution.
In December, the board voted to change the name to the Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and Mr. Trump’s name was later added to the facade. In May, a U.S. District Court judge ordered the restoration of the original name and the removal of Mr. Trump’s name from the facade, which took place a month later.
The Board of Trustees, which is still filled with Mr. Trump’s allies, voted in June to form an endowment fund in Mr. Trump’s name. In court filings since being forced to restore the original name, the Trump administration claimed it would be forced to refund donations made while the venue was still called the Trump Kennedy Center.
Tarps have remained at the Kennedy Center since Mr. Trump’s name was removed, obstructing the view of former President John F. Kennedy’s name. Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty — the original plaintiff who had sued to restore the name — said in court filings last month that “it appears the tarp will be there for the longer term.”
The performing arts center had been slated to close on July 5 for construction, which has been halted by a federal judge. The Trump administration said in court documents earlier this month that the center “continues to prepare for additional capital repair and construction activities,” and the plaintiff said in court documents earlier this month that the venue will be “effectively closed” since there are no programming plans and many of the staff have been dismissed.
“As things stand now, absent action on Defendants’ part, the Kennedy Center will have no meaningful operations after July 5, 2026,” attorneys for Beatty wrote in the June 19 court filing.
Trump’s name removed from Kennedy Center
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/trumps-name-removed-from-kennedy-center-after-court-order/
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