With ticket sales floundering, this is probably the only way he can save face.
Add Kennedy Center failure to the list of failed ventures associate with Trump:
Include multiple bankruptcies for his Atlantic City casinos (Trump Taj Mahal, Trump Plaza), the Plaza Hotel, Trump Shuttle airline, Trump Mortgage, Trump University (settled fraud lawsuits), Trump Steaks, Trump Vodka, Trump Magazine, and the GoTrump.com travel site, showing repeated struggles with highly leveraged ventures, especially in the casino industry, despite his name's brand power.