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| james73 |
King of clubs’ multi-screen cinema planKing of clubs’ multi-screen cinema planNIGHTCLUB tycoon Stefan King wants to launch a multi-screen cinema in Glasgow's South Side. The businessman's G1 group is in talks over returning a building in Shawlands to its former use as a picture house. The site contains The Cell nightclub, which is no longer in operation. It once housed The Elephant Cinema, which closed in 1960. G1, which owns a string of pubs and restaurants in the city, today confirmed it had already been granted a licence from Glasgow's licensing board for four cinema screens, each seating around 100 people. But a spokesman stressed discussions and plans were still at an early stage. It says a cinema is "just one of the options" for the site in Kilmarnock Road. The firm already runs the successful Grosvenor Cinema in Ashton Lane in the West End. A G1 spokesman said: "It's very early days. It's one of a number of options we are looking at for the site. "Obviously we have experience running a cinema and The Grosvenor has been a fantastic success." The White Elephant cinema, later named The Elephant, opened in 1927 and was designed by H Barnes. It also housed a ballroom before it closed in 1960. James H |
| poodiecat |
Never been inside the Grosvenour. So what are the chances of the Elephant being restored to it's former glory, if there is any left that is?
Poodiecat |
| james73 |
No idea.  Some info on the old cinema here:
http://www.theglasgowstory.com/image.php?inum=TGSA00311 and here: http://www.scottishcinemas.org.uk/glasgow/elephant.html 
James H |