The society is hoping to open the hall in the fall.
The society hopes to return half of that in revenues from the cafeteria and gift shop.
The society hopes to raise around $200,000 from last night's benefit and will also get a certain percentage of the ticket sales.
By then, the zoological society hopes to raise enough money or find other ways to keep the zoo running.
The society hopes to open the center in mid-2007.
But the Autistic society hopes its new service will help more children live as full a life as possible.
By pointing out their significance, the society hopes to help preserve them until they can be designated.
He said the society hoped to borrow from the concept in developing a major exhibition on the disaster.
The society hopes to serve as a bridge between researchers in institutes, government research centers and industry.
Phyllis Bowman said at the weekend that the best the society could hope for would be reducing the time limit to 18 weeks.