Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Guggenheim Helsinki Plan describes the initiative to establish a Guggenheim museum in Helsinki, Finland, next to South Harbor. Following the initial proposal of the plan by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation in January 2011, a debate was waged among local political and culture activists. The project was deemed too expensive; its construction cost was estimated at 130 million euros, to be paid by the City of Helsinki and the Finnish State. Guggenheim's annual license fee was estimated as 23.4 million euros and museum running costs as 14.5 million euros per year. A survey found that 75% of citizens in Helsinki, and 82% of citizens in Vantaa, opposed the project. The Helsinki City Council rejected the original Guggenheim Helsinki Plan in 2012.In September 2013, the Guggenheim Foundation advanced a revised proposal that sought to address the concerns. Cost estimates were revised downwards, while revenues are forecast by the Foundation to increase. In January 2014, the city board elected by the city council agreed to reserve a site for a potential museum at Eteläsatama and authorized the Foundation to hold an international architecture competition for the design of the potential museum. No decision will be made about whether to go ahead with the project until after the competition.In 2013, Finland's Parliamentary Ombudsman issued a report concluding that Finnish investor and art collector Carl Gustaf Ehrnrooth, a member of the Board of Directors of the Guggenheim Foundation, had conflicts of interest involving the plan.. }
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- Guggenheim_Helsinki_Plan abstract "Guggenheim Helsinki Plan describes the initiative to establish a Guggenheim museum in Helsinki, Finland, next to South Harbor. Following the initial proposal of the plan by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation in January 2011, a debate was waged among local political and culture activists. The project was deemed too expensive; its construction cost was estimated at 130 million euros, to be paid by the City of Helsinki and the Finnish State. Guggenheim's annual license fee was estimated as 23.4 million euros and museum running costs as 14.5 million euros per year. A survey found that 75% of citizens in Helsinki, and 82% of citizens in Vantaa, opposed the project. The Helsinki City Council rejected the original Guggenheim Helsinki Plan in 2012.In September 2013, the Guggenheim Foundation advanced a revised proposal that sought to address the concerns. Cost estimates were revised downwards, while revenues are forecast by the Foundation to increase. In January 2014, the city board elected by the city council agreed to reserve a site for a potential museum at Eteläsatama and authorized the Foundation to hold an international architecture competition for the design of the potential museum. No decision will be made about whether to go ahead with the project until after the competition.In 2013, Finland's Parliamentary Ombudsman issued a report concluding that Finnish investor and art collector Carl Gustaf Ehrnrooth, a member of the Board of Directors of the Guggenheim Foundation, had conflicts of interest involving the plan.".