Google “kennedy center ticket sales”
Sales have plummeted all year (before the renaming.) Spamalot, which regularly got full houses, was moved to a smaller theater within the center and a number of events have been discounted (CPAC by 50%) or have even been free of any charge (the FIFA World Cup draw.)
Meanwhile, a $257 million renovation project has been announced.
Partially correct. FIFA was not a Kennedy Center event—I believe they rented the entire facility. You are exactly right about Spamelot and other events.
Performers will not book at a venue if they think they can not sell tickets. That’s the future. It will be embarrassing. I just don’t get it.