Trump Ballroom
President Trump has destroyed the entire East Wing of the White House to build a large ballroom that is larger than the White House itself.
It’ll be built over on the east side, and it will be beautiful. It’ll be views of the Washington Monument. It won’t interfere with the current building. It’ll be near it but not touching it. And pays total respect to the existing building, which I’m the biggest fan of.
– President Donald Trump
Trump’s Ballroom/WH Convention Center
Size – 90,000 sq ft
The White House is 55,000 sq ft. and the San Diego Convention Center’s “Sails Pavilion” is 90,000 sq ft.
Cost – $300 Million
Comparisons
Capacity – 90,000 sq ft of space, using a banquet seating arrangement, typically holds 15 people per sq ft. Banquet style @ 90,000 ÷ 15 = 6,000 people
Cost –If very high quality/luxury finishes /very complex systems typically run up to $600 per sq ft. 90,000 × $600 = $54 million
A note about State Dinners
The State Dining Room can hold 140 people. The East Room holds up to 260 people.
For larger gatherings, climate-controlled tents are erected that can accommodate up to 700 people.
During his first term, Trump hosted two state dinners.
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For the dinner honoring Emmanuel Macron (April 24, 2018), the guest list was approximately 123 people.
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For the dinner honoring Scott Morrison of Australia (September 20, 2019), the guest list was described as “about 200 people”.
People and companies funding this project.
Some donors on the list attended a dinner at the White House on 15 October. They include Microsoft, Coinbase, Palantir, Lockheed Martin, Amazon and Google.
Also present and on the list were Shari and Edward Glazer, who, together with their siblings, own both the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Manchester United.
The list also includes:
- Altria Group Inc
- Apple
- Booz Allen Hamilton Inc
- Caterpillar Inc
- Comcast Corporation
- J. Pepe and Emilia Fanjul
- Hard Rock International
- HP Inc
- Micron Technology
- NextEra Energy Inc
- Ripple
- Reynolds American
- T-Mobile
- Tether America
- Union Pacific Railroad
- Adelson Family Foundation
- Stefan E Brodie
- Betty Wold Johnson Foundation
- Charles and Marissa Cascarilla
- Harold Hamm
- Benjamin Leon Jr
- The Lutnick Family
- The Laura & Isaac Perlmutter Foundation
- Stephen A. Schwarzmann
- Konstantin Sokolov
- Kelly Loeffler and Jeff Sprecher
- Paolo Tiramani
- Cameron Winklevoss
- Tyler Winklevoss
The $230 Million question
Trump is suing the US government for $230 million. His hand-picked Justice Department will decide if he receives the money.
Q- How much of these taxpayer monies will go toward this project?