On Saturday March 21, Nancy and I made our first trip to Ford’s Theater in Washington to attend a black-tie gala to raise money for support of this historic building. During the performance, I looked up at the presidential box above the stage where Abe Lincoln had been sitting the night he was shot and felt a curious sensation. As you look up there, you can’t help but run those events of 1865 through your mind: You imagine the figure of John Wilkes Booth bursting through the door at the rear of the box, shooting the president, then leaping onto the stage and running away before a stunned audience.
It occurred to me that until that night probably no one had ever given much thought to the possibility someone might want to kill the president. As I watched the show, I thought about all the security provided for Nancy and me and the children and how different things were now. Looking up at the flag-draped box, though, I thought that even with all the Secret Service protection we now had, it was probably still possible for someone who had enough determination to get close enough to a president to shoot him.

http://www.ronaldreagan.com/march30.html
Reagan was shot nine days after his first visit to Ford’s Theatre — after he had given a speech at a Washington, D.C. hotel.
Now, if we sort of meander and follow the Ford’s Theatre logic… the hotel should’ve created the “Ronald Reagan Presidential Suite” right there on the street next to where Reagan was shot so people could check in and look at the scene of the attempted assassination. Room service, included!
The Book Depository overlooking Dealey Plaza is no longer a book depository — there’s no cordoned-off area where Oswald aimed and shot while book depository work is still being done around it. It’s a government landmark and museum now.
http://www.jfk.org/go/about