Operations at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts were suspended last month amid a legal dispute regarding the renaming of the facility. President Trump has declined to rule out the possibility of demolishing the landmark building, stating that he will wait to see how the legal proceedings play out in court.

Contributions to the arts institution fell 42% and donation pledges dropped more than 100% after Trump's name was added to the site, which was designed by Edward Durell Stone. The financial decline coincides with a Monday night Senate session where Senator Mike Lee of Utah blocked a bipartisan effort to ban the demolition of presidential memorials, including the Kennedy Center, leaving architects alarmed about the potential destruction of the Modernist structure.