[hummingbird]

"There will be just two official inaugural balls this year, both at the Washington Convention Center, rather than 10 official balls at multiple locations around town."

Didn't DC Freepers have their own ball?

[EDINVA]

“Didn’t DC Freepers have their own ball?”

They did in ‘00 and ‘04. No reason to celebrate an Inaugural since then.

But that other part of your excerpt about two official inaugural balls, both at the Washington Convention Center, rather than at multiple locations just isn’t true. They haven’t had multiple locations since Bush’s first. By the time of his 2nd, they were all at the Washington Convention Center, with the exception of the Military Ball that was held at Union Station.