grand tier
Americannoun
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The Metropolitan Opera took the name of one prominent benefactor, the investor Alberto W. Vilar, off its grand tier in 2003 after some promised pledges failed to materialize; he was later convicted of fraud.
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2020
Fridays Under 40 tickets, by contrast, cost $60 to $100 for seats in the orchestra and grand tier that normally start at $80 and $90.
From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2015
Composer Deems Taylor, official narrator, sat in a little glass booth in one of the grand tier boxes, describing music and action to radiauditors.
From Time Magazine Archive
From their vantage on the Met's grand tier, the over-two-story-high murals will glow through the glassed vaults to dominate a city vista more spacious than the Piazza San Marco in Venice.
From Time Magazine Archive
Box Five is just like all the other grand tier boxes.
From The Phantom of the Opera by Leroux, Gaston
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