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Her idea met with considerable resistance, but she persevered—for eight years and during the terms of three governors.

She proposed a similar center for her home city of Nashville.

The TPAC Board itself may elect up to four members.

TPAC also governs the War Memorial Auditorium (1,661 seats), a historic building that anchors War Memorial Plaza across 6th Avenue North from the Center.Among its many operations, TPAC presents a series of touring Broadway shows and special engagements, and administers a comprehensive education program.Martha Rivers Ingram and her supporters also raised an endowment to defray operating losses and to fund a program that grooms future audiences for TPAC performances.

[1] In 1981, TPAC opened as the state's premier theater venue.The performance venues are named for the three Presidents of the United States who hailed from Tennessee: Andrew Jackson Hall (2,472 seats), James K.Polk Theater (1,075 seats) and the Andrew Johnson Theater (256 seats).

The endowment goal was $3.5 million, and they surpassed it, raising $5 million.

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