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When it first opened, the contemporary covered auditorium was a symbol of Charleston's economic prosperity, cultural development, status and civic pride. With a 2,750-seat concert hall and large multipurpose exhibition hall, Gaillard Center is Charleston's largest performing arts venue. Gaillard became the home of the Charleston symphony orchestra in the early 1980s, and the creation of the American Spoleto music festival in 1977 catapulted Charleston onto the world stage. Construction of the new Charleston Gaillard center began in August 2012 and was completed in October 2015. The new Gaillard Center center has a 1,800-seat Martha and John m. rivers performance hall, 15,000 square feet of exhibition space, and three floors of city offices. The city of Charleston Shared $142 million in project financing with private donors.