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History of Walt Disney Concert Hall – the pride of a county

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The Walt Disney Concert Hall is located in Los Angeles California; its borders are Hope Street, Grand Avenue, First and 2nd Street.  The hall has the capacity to seat over two thousand people and it is the home of the Los Angeles Master Chorale and the city’s Philharmonic Orchestra.
Designed by Frank Gehry the hall’s acoustic qualities won a lot of praise when it opened to the public in 2003. The halls construction and how it came to be today has a story behind it. It began when the widow of Walt Disney donated US$ 50 million for its construction in 1987; it was not until 1991 that Gehry had the plans of the hall ready.

The underground parking was first started on in 1992, but for completion it required US$ 110 million, which was paid by the city’s county by selling bonds. The building of the hall had several set backs that resulted in its stalled construction, namely a lack of funds.
Many times additional funds were needed to restart the building process since the end cost of the structure exceeded the budget several times over. Plans were redone in order to cut down as much as possible and introduce cost saving methods, the exterior was done away with and its place a less expensive metal was used.
The county anxiously started fund raising in 1996; the drive was spearheaded by the city’s Mayor, Richard Riordan. The delayed completion led the county into many financial difficulties as it hoped the debts accumulated for putting up the underground parking would be paid through the users of the hall. But that didn’t happen till 2003.
The completed figure had cost the county over US$200 million, the major potion of which was funded through private donations.

An over night stay at a Los Angeles Hotel would be ideal to spend a few days to discover the rest of the city of angels. A popular hotel among tourists is the Millennium Biltmore Hotel Los Angeles.

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