:patriot: There's a 1,000-capacity golden *government ballroom just a mile from the White House

[riversedge]

Re-posting from LBN




There's a 1,000-capacity golden government ballroom just a mile from the White House

Story by Alice Gibbs • 2h •



As President Donald Trump advances plans for a new ballroom at the White House—part of a wider set of proposals aimed at reshaping ceremonial and public-facing spaces in Washington—the debate has drawn attention to the kinds of venues the federal government already operates nearby.

Just over a mile from the White House sits the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium, with the main event space described as a “show-stopping masterpiece of Neoclassical architecture.”


“Towering 45′ Roman Doric columns line the perimeter, supporting a newly-restored, gilded frieze that wraps the room in real gold and opulent detail,” the website continues. The grand room is capable of hosting around 650 seated guests or up to roughly 1,000 people in total—similar to the scale envisioned for the proposed ballroom, and already used by multiple presidents, including Trump.

What Is The Andrew Mellon Auditorium?


Located in the Federal Triangle and operated by the General Services Administration (GSA), the Andrew Mellon Auditorium was built in the 1930s as a dedicated ceremonial venue for the federal government. On February 25, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt officially dedicated the building.

Named after former Treasury Secretary Andrew Mellon, it was designed specifically for formal, high-capacity events, including presidential functions and inaugural balls. While federally owned, the building is leased through the GSA which allows it to be rented by the government and private citizens......................

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/there-s-a-1-000-capacity-golden-government-ballroom-just-a-mile-from-the-white-house/ar-AA23DMJK?ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=58e9db223fcb4a4cc9cddba08c96d3a3&ei=12


This has been talked about the last few minutes but I don't think I have seen
an article about this Federal Mellon building.




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Former President Bill Clinton speaks on stage at the New Republic Centennial Gala at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium on November 19, 2014.




https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA23Dvgg.img?w=768&h=512&m=6
Details of the The main auditorium of the Mellon Auditorium in Washington D.C.

[riversedge]

1. Another view of the interior off Mellon Auditorium...........

The United States already owns an official ballroom.
It is Mellon Auditorium and sits, appropriately, on Constitution Ave.

It was just renovated in 2023.

[riversedge]

2. Includes map of location for the White House.........

Why does yam tits need ANOTHER ballroom that seats btwn 650-999 people...?

The Executive Branch of the Government *already* has access to a ballroom that seats btw 650 and 999. It's called the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium and it's practically next door.

Oh, no pay-to-play there.

— Rhuta Bhayga (@rhutabhayga.bsky.social) 2026-05-18T14:53:29.051Z

[Goonch]

3. ;-{).......

[Justice matters.]

4. Well, it's "vulnerable" from attacks by adversarial drones... (sarcasm)

And it doesn't have a mile deep ultra-techno DoW* bunker under it... (even Hitler didn't have that that deep)

*Department of WAR.

[BaronChocula]

5. A look see on their homepage

https://www.eventsatmellon.com/

[nuxvomica]

6. Of course Trump would ignore it

It's part of the William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building complex. Maybe Trump is doing this because he's jealous of Clinton's name on such a big complex. Yet as "complexes" go, Trump has more than anyone.