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Dramatic lock of KC arts center earns praise
Kansas City unveils design by Moshe Safdie for the Metropolitan Kansas City Performing Arts Center a 304 million complex with a 2200 seat theater and 1800 seat orchestra hall. Groundbreaking planned April 2004 with opening in 2007 and 600 000 visitors in year one. Julia Irene Kauffman chairs the project with 80 million from the Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation. 25 million from Royals proceeds seed an endowment.
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Australia
Sydney Opera House
Moshe Safdie
Muriel McBrien Kauffman Foundation
Roland Valliere
Kansas City Symphony
Kansas City Ballet
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Safdie
Broadway
Russell Johnson
Aztec Consultants
Frank Gehry
Guggenheim Museum
Bilbao
Spain
Ken Dworak
Julia Irene Kauffman
Muriel McBrien Kauffman
Kansas City Royals
Ewing Kauffman
Muriel Kauffman
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Kansas City Performing Arts Center