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The £1.83 million strategic positioning campaign for Glasgow: Scotland with style has been launched with £1.14 million secured from Glasgow City Council and £687,509 from the European Regional Development Fund through the 2000 - 2006 Western Scotland Objective 2 Programme.

 

Since its March 2004 launch, the Glasgow: Scotland with style brand has created 181,000 additional visitors for the city and generated £21 million in local economic benefit.

 

Brand building activity will further develop Glasgow: Scotland with style in key international markets via a resourced communications and marketing programme through until the end of 2007.

 

The forthcoming campaign will begin in August 05 and comprise advertising, public relations, sponsorship and web activity as well as maximising opportunities afforded by Glasgow’s participation in the Clipper 05-06 Round-the-World Yacht Race.

 

 

The reopening of these two venues in January 2006 will represent a major milestone in the development of the Merchant City as a cultural quarter.  The Gait derives from an old Scots word meaning ‘road’ or ‘street’ and the name underpins the principles and values of the new centre, which is to give access to music performance and music education. 

 

Redevelopment work on The Gait started in January 2004 at a total cost of £13 million.  The project has carefully retained the unique features of both venues including the superb acoustics of The City Hall and the listed ironmongery and signage in The Old Fruitmarket.  The Gait will be managed and operated by Glasgow Cultural Enterprises (operators of The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall and Celtic Connections festival) on behalf of Glasgow City Council.

 

 

 

The Scottish Exhibition + Conference Centre (SECC) has unveiled the final designs of its stunning £62 million (€92 million) purpose-built Arena, which is designed as Scotland’s National Arena.

 

Created by world-renowned architects Foster and Partners, who also designed the SECC’s iconic Clyde Auditorium, the 12,500-seat Arena will be the largest entertainments venue in Scotland and the only one of its scale in the UK built specifically for concerts and events.

 

The Arena is the first major development to be undertaken in the SECC’s QD2 master plan and it has the potential to inject £50 million (€74 million) per annum into the local economy and create 1,500 jobs.

 

The opening date for the Arena is projected to be 2009 and it will complement the existing buildings on the SECC site. The façade of the building stretches to a 40m-high front elevation, which slopes to a lower profile towards the rear.  The front of the building is clad in a translucent material that can be lit at night and carry projections of patterns or images to change its appearance to suit individual events.   www.QD2.co.uk

 

 

Glasgow Air - Rail Link

Completion in 2008 of a rail link between Glasgow International Airport and the city centre.