Presidential inauguration to draw crowds in DC as hotels, restaurants prepare [Video]

Preparations for an influx of visitors are already underway as hotels, restaurants and attractions across Washington, D.C., brace for the next presidential inauguration.

Elliott Ferguson, II, Destination DC president and CEO, told Fox News Digital via email, “The public hasn’t been able to participate in the inauguration since 2017, so we expect significant interest.”

Due to COVID-19, President Biden’s inauguration in 2020 was scaled back as the pandemic kept Americans from attending.

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Security planning typically takes place for more than a year with inauguration events led by the president-elect’s Presidential Inaugural Committee, which is formed after the election.