Trump's inauguration ceremony moved indoors

President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony will take place inside the Capitol Hill lobby instead of outdoors as usual due to dangerous cold weather.

“There is a cold Arctic wind sweeping across the country,” Trump wrote on the social network Truth Social on January 17. “I do not want to see anyone affected in any way. Therefore, I have requested that the inaugural address, prayer, and other speeches take place inside the Capitol Rotunda.”

Weather experts predict that the Arctic storm could cause temperatures to drop to minus 6 degrees Celsius on inauguration day, January 20, and snowfall could also occur the day before, CNN reported.

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Dignitaries and VIPs will also be invited inside the US Capitol dome, but the space inside will be very limited compared to when held outdoors.

The Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies, which is in charge of planning the event, said many ticket holders may not be able to attend the ceremony in person after the latest update. The committee also recommended that those traveling to Washington, DC, to watch the inauguration choose indoor viewing locations.

CBS News, citing a source familiar with the matter, said that the decision to move the inauguration venue was the president-elect's decision. In addition, the plan to move the ceremony to the Capitol Rotunda has been in the works for months as a backup plan.

The inauguration was originally scheduled to take place outdoors at the Capitol, but the event was moved indoors.

Mr Trump said the Capital One Arena indoor stadium would be open to the public for live viewing. The inaugural parade would also move to the stadium, which can hold 20,000 people, instead of going down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House as usual.

This is the first time a US presidential inauguration has taken place indoors in 40 years. In 1985, former President Ronald Reagan held his second inauguration ceremony inside the Capitol dome, when the wind chill outside was as low as minus 30 degrees Celsius.

In 1841, President William Henry Harrison reportedly caught a cold after delivering his inaugural address in cold weather for two hours without a coat or hat. He later contracted pneumonia and died a month after his inauguration, becoming the shortest-serving president in US history.

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