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Royal Festival Hall Gets $9 Million

By Anita Singh

PA News via The Scotsman

April 20, 2004

LONDON -- Dame Vivien Duffield has donated £5 million (about $9 million) to the South Bank Center, the complex's largest individual gift ever, toward the £71 million($127 million) refurbishment of Royal Festival Hall, reports the Scotsman. In the past, Duffield helped raise £100 million to save the Royal Opera House.

Plans for Royal Festival Hall include a facelift, new public spaces, improved seating and acoustics, and a new education center.

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