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I don't see where it state in the Constitution there is a specific place the SOTU is held. It wasn't till modern times and TV that it was held in the House because it is the larger of the 2 chambers.

He could hold it in a huge Aircraft hanger at Camp David for all that it matters, and seat them on folding chairs. With the Vindictive Botox at the back the furthermost from the bathroom with a camera in her face so we can see all the faces she makes as she has to face all those Angel Moms/Dads and relatives. This President has a Spine and fights dirty when he needs to, that is why we chose him.

Article II Section 3

He shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the state of the union, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in case of disagreement between them, with respect to the time of adjournment, he may adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper; he shall receive ambassadors and other public ministers; he shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed, and shall commission all the officers of the United States.

From that 1 statement "he may adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper" he can choose the spot and adjourn congress if I read it right.

Aren't there huge banquet rooms in the WH? Rose Garden, or Trump Tower?

From that 1 statement "he may adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper" he can choose the spot and adjourn congress if I read it right.

According to the plain language of that section, he may only adjourn Congress "in case of disagreement between [the Houses of Congress], with respect to the time of adjournment." Without such a disagreement, he has no power to adjourn Congress. The power to "convene" Congress is the power to call them out of recess, not to compel them to assemble at a specific time, and can only be exercised on "extraordinary circumstances," which almost certainly does not include his desire to give an annual state of the union address in person.

Also, the Constitution requires the President to give Congress "Information of the State of the Union." It does not require him to convey that information through an in-person speech, nor must Congress allow him to do so. Ultimately, no court is ever going to interpret any of this: Whether the President has discharged his duty to to give Congress information of the state of the union is a purely political question.