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Here's the SNO!zone Scotland park for tonight and Friday.
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Here's the SNO!zone Scotland park for tonight and tomorrow.
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Glaswegians should prepare themselves for unseasonable weather as 50 tonnes of snow is set to fall on Kelvingrove Park on May 24th. More...
SNO!zone's infamous quarterly party, SNO!storm, returns on Friday 2nd May with a huge night to finish the winter 07/08 season in style.
SNO!storm is SNO!zone Scotland's biggest event which sees the country's hottest snowboarders showing off their skills out on the real snow slope plus DJ's .... More...
Here's the park for this Friday's SNO!storm event at SNO!zone Scotland.
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This weeks Kassbohrer woes continue at the moment for SNO!zone Scotland, the part (an axel) which had not arrived earlier in the week has still proved illusive. Unfortunately due to the missing part we were unable to push any snow for the park this week and can only bring you 5 rookie features.
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SNO!zone Scotland have had to dial down the park size for this Thursday due to replacement part for our Kassbohrer being delayed in transit. This will arrive by tomorrow morning, unfortunately they will be unable to push any snow until Thursday afternoon prior to the park night starting. They will ....More...
Here's the SNO!zone Scotland park for tonight.
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Here's the SNO!zone Scotland park for tonight. Friday's park layout will be issued to tomorrow morning.
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Just a reminder. Go on! Throw yourself about a bit.
Here is the SNO!zone Scotland park layout for this Thurday and Friday.
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Here's the SNO!zone Scotland park for this week.
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Here's the SNO!zone Scotland park for today and tomorrow.
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Theairbag.net is at SNO!zone Scotland this Friday and SNO!zone Castleford this Saturday.
All the usual fun and games! Get that double back Flip Nailed!!
Here's the SNO!zone Scotland park for today and tomorrow.
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The Braehead season pass scheme has been running for around a year, but there's many people who don't know what it's all about and what the deal is. Each SNO!zone site has a certain amount of autonomy and at the current time, it's only SNO!zone Scotland that have a season pass scheme in place, ....More...
Theairbag.net will be at SNO!zone Scotland tonight and at SNO!zone Milton Keynes tomorrow if you fancy some big bag action this weekend.
Here's the SNO!zone Scotland park for this week.
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Check out the SNO!zone Scotland park for this week.
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Check out the SNO!zone Scotland park for this week.
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Here's the SNO!zone Scotland park for tonight and Friday. It's an Airbag week.
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TheAirbag.net At SNO!zone Scotland: Friday 25th Jan 7pm-11pm.
TheAirBag.net is a product that allows skiers and snowboarders to practise their freestyle manoeuvres without the fear of not making the landing! TheAirbag.net works by providing what is effectively a massive pillow of air to ....More...
Here's the SNO!zone Scotland park for this Thursday and Friday.
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Here's the SNO!zone Scotland parks for today and tomorrow.
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Here's the SNO!zone Scotland park for tonight.
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Here's the SNO!zone Braehead park for this Thursday and Friday including the line for the Showdown event this Friday. I've also included the park for the following week.
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Here's the two parks for Thursday and Friday at SNO!zone Braehead. It looks like their cat is fixed!
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Unfortunately we are once again having issues with the cat at SNO!zone Scotland. We are lucky that we had started the park build a day early, as such we can guarantee you the attached 5 features will be out this Thursday / Friday. Again we will not give up hope and will pull a number of additional .... More...
Here's the park plan for SNO!zone Scotland including the SHOWDOWN line for the competition between 2-4pm on Saturday. More...
Another week and we are almost back on form, we managed to get the Kassbohrer (the cat) working again but it unfortunately has to take a slow start to allow for a couple of tweaks and adjustments. We will have a Rookie park on Thursday with at least 2-3 features. Friday's park will all be a last ....More...
Unfortunately due to circumstances well beyond our control the planned setup for the park nights in SNO!zone Scotland has had to be dialled down to a purely rookie setup. We will have two flat box's and a rookie premade kicker out and we are trying to be as adventurous as we can with the gas pipes ....More...
Here's the SNO!zone Braehead park for this Thursday and Friday. More...
Here's the SNO!zone Braehead park for this Thursday and Friday. The British Snow Tour Kickers will be closed on Thursday and Friday night to allow set in time for the competition on Saturday. See www.britishsnowtour.com for more details regarding the competition. More...
Here's the SNO!zone Braehead park for today and Friday. More...
SNO!zone Braehead have managed to pull together another date this year for theairbag.net - Friday 9th of November at SNO!zone Scotland. This will be the last one at SNO!zone Scotland this year. More...
Here's the SNO!zone Braehead park for today and Friday. More...
Here's the SNO!zone Braehead park for this Thursday and Friday. More...
Here's the SNO!zone Breahead park for this week. More...
Does what it says on the headline. More...
Here's the Braehead park for this Thursday and Friday. More...
Here's the park layout for SNO!zone Braehead this week.This week we have theAirbag.net running from 7pm until close on Friday with the normal 45 min sessions available. Pre-book if you want to guarantee a place as many of the last sessions sold out! We also see a welcome return of the rainbow box .... More...
Here's the SNO!zone Breahead park for this Thursday and Friday.This week SNO!zone are trying a rookie line on the main slope to open up the Thursday and Friday parks to more of the entry level freestyle crew. But on a plus side, this brings us to a 12 hit park which they're sure nobody will .... More...
This week we are host to the SCUK autumn bash on Friday night so we are pulling out the stops to load the slope with as much fun as we can possibly fit in! For more info check out the event page www.snowboardclub.co.uk/events-ab07.html More...
theAirbag.net returns to SNO!zone Scotland Friday 17th with sessions running from 7:15pm. The now regular SNO!Academy Rookie park (for those in Academy lessons) will be on the lesson slope on Thursday with dedicated coaches for all levels. Park's sessions will be running as standard with a main .... More...
Here's the SNO!zone Braehead park for this Thursday and Friday. More...
Here's the SNO!zone Braehead park for this Friday. More...
Here's the SNO!zone Braehead park layout for this Thursday and Friday. More...
Here's the SNO!zone Braehead park layout for this Thursday and Friday. More...
Here's the SNO!zone Braehead parks for Thursday, Friday and for next week's Summer of Love. As the summer goes on, Braehead will be xperiment with more new and interesting features so expect the unexpected! More...
Here's the SNO!zone Scotland park plans for this week. Due to a race at the weekend SNO!zone are running a reduced park on the main slope for Friday. But to make sure you're not missing out, they will have an additional rookie park on the lesson slope. This will be used exclusively on Thursday .... More...
Here's the SNO!zone Braehead park for this coming Thursday and Friday.Friday 15th includes theAirbag.net in for the first time on a Friday night at SNO!park Scotland at Xscape Braehead. theAirbag.net Sessions are available as a 45 minute add on pass along with your freestyle pass and start from 19:.... More...
Here's the SNO!zone Braehead park plans for Thursday and Friday. The Thursday park will include a SNO!academy park on the lesson slope exclusively for those on the new SNO!academy lessons that night. The main slope line will then stay in as the SNO!zone Braehead "Summer of Love" line open every day .. More...
Here's the SNO!zone Braehead park for today and tomorrow. More...
Here's the SNO!zone Braehead park for Thursday and Friday.They take the table out after Friday night's park so the next three days are the last chance to hit it. It's being replaced with one or more new, always open, features on Monday/Tuesday on slope for two weeks!TSA and Standing Sideways/ .... More...
Here's the SNO!zone Braehead park for this Thursday and Friday. More...
Here's the SNO!zone Braehead park for this Thursday and Friday, which includes a new cable spool stall. More...
Here are the SNO!zone Braehead parks for this Friday and Saturday. There's also a chance that the Park Team will have a huge barrell stall in place, as they've been watching far too much Community Project. More...
SNO!fresh tonight at Braehead. Students get two hours for £15, but the first 50 non-students can get also get the discounted two hour session.There's also an Edinburgh Street Session planned for 19th May. Currently SNO!zone are looking at two boxes, with the possibility of a couple more. More...
Here's the SNO!zone Braehead park for this Thursday and Friday. More...
It's the final two nights to hit the hip this Thursday and Friday at SNO!zone Braehead. This is their largest feature to date and the last chance to show your skills! SNO!zone Castleford have yet to get their rails back and as such Braehead are experimenting with every rookie box available on .... More...
Campbell Orr (SCUK:Bags) sent us these shots for the hip for SNO!storm on Friday.He says there's about 50 tonnes of snow in it and it sits right above his office. There were concerns that they'd have to call the architects in to make sure the floor could take it. It's taken four days to build with .... More...
The 6th of April will be the 1st birthday of SNO!Zone Braehead in Glasgow. We are running a VERY full 13 feature rookie park with free ski and board freestyle coaching throughout the night. Main slope will have a 14 feature main park which will include two kickers and a large hip! Main SlopeRookie .... More...
Here's the SNO!zone Braehead park for this Thursday and Friday. Some of the slope is closed for the construction of the SNO!storm park event next weekend. More...
Here are this week's park layouts for Brahead SNO!zone. More...
Here are the SNO!zone Braehead parks for this weekend. More...
Here are the three park layouts for SNO!zone Braehead this week including the monthly airbag session on Saturday. More...
SNO!zone Braehead's Thursday freestyle night is now a permanent fixture. Have a look at the freestyle parks they have planned for this week, including a rookie park for Friday for freestyle newbies. More...
SNO!zone Braehead have got a little over enthusiastic this week with their park building and have some crackers for you Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights! Thursday will see a 4 hit park with more rookie style elements open 7pm-11pm.Friday will have the full 9 hit main park with a second showing .... More...
TheAirbag.net are back at Braehead Sno!Zone Saturday 17th February! After the successful test night we are now ready to run out monthly airbag session. Back to back 45 minute sessions will be running between 7pm and 11pm. Book your two hour freestyle pass and your add on airbag session to ensure ....More...
Here's one rail-filled park for this Friday's SNO!storm at Braehead. If you thought that was good, take a peek at the rookie slope below. More...
Here's the SNO!zone Braehead park for this Friday. More...
Here's the SNO!zone Braehead park for this Friday.Don't forget, Saturday at Braehead sees Europe's largest airbag at the slope. Here's the layout for that too. More...
Here's the SNO!zone Braehead park for this Friday. More...
Here's the SNO!zone Braehead park for this Friday:Left Top to Bottom Rookie Kicker Down Flat Down Box Flat 5 meter rail step down 10 meter box Rookie Flat Down Right Top to Bottom (centre right) Whale tail - (far right) 5 Meter ride on rail Table Kicker Up Down Rail ( Centre Right) Barrel Stall - (....More...
Here is this week's park plans for SNO!zone Braehead. More...
Here's the SNO!zone Braehead park for this Saturday. More...
Here's the freestyle park for SNO!zone Braehead this Friday. They have the guys from Dirty Sanchez in all night so it should be a great night! More...
Here's the SNO!zone Braehead park for this week. More...
Here's the SNO!zone Braehead freestyle park for Friday. More...
Here's the SNO!zone Braehead park for tonight. More...
Here's the SNO!zone Braehead park for this week. More...
Here's the park for tonight. More...
Here's the SNO!zone Braehead park for this week. More...
Here's the SNO!zone Braehead park for this evening.Top Left: Small Jib-Top Kicker Bigger Table Kicker Top Right: Side-on 7m Metal Flat-down Metal (small gap?) Side-on Down-Flat-Down Bottom Left: Rainbow Box Step-Down 10m metal (maybe....we still have to clear this one through health and safety ) C-..More...
Here is the park layout for Xscape Braehead for Friday 1st September: Top Left:Side-On 7m MetalGap-On 10m Metal Bottom Left:Rollercoaster BoxLeft C-BoxRight C-Box Top Right:Small Jib KickerGap Kicker Bottom Right:Slide BoxRookie Boxes (possibly on slight flat-down kink)
Here is the park layout for Xscape Braehead for Friday 18th Aug. Top Left:Side-on 7m metal rail (super mellow)Gap-on 10m metal rail Bottom Left:Rainbow BoxBig C-Box Top Right:Small KickerGap Kicker Bottom Right:Slide BoxRookie Boxes (poss set as mellow flat-down) Please Note: Due to a massive ....More...
Ski Everest ChallengeSunday 22nd OctoberHow would you like to spend an afternoon or evening ski-ing or snowboarding at Sno!zone at Xscape, Braehead and also help raise money for Cancer Research UK? The challenge is to ski or board the equivalent height of Mt Everest (29035ft/8850m) and is open to ....More...
Here is this week's slope plan for Freestyle Friday at Xscape Braehead: Top Left:Jib-top Rookie KickerTable Kicker Bottom Left:Slide BoxRookie Boxes Top Right (left over from AIM):Side-On 7m Metal RailBattleship Box Bottom Right:BIG C-Box (curving to riders right)Box-Top Quarter pipe
Here is the park layout for Xscape, Braehead for Friday 21st July. Top Left:Side-On 7m Metal RailFlat-Down Box Top Right:Gas Pipe HipTable Kicker Bottom Left:Gap-on 10m Metal RailAngled Box Ride Bottom Right:Slide BoxRookie Boxes
Okay, you need the coupons from the Daily Record which could be tricky for the non-locals, but we thought we'd pass it on anyway in case any locals had missed the offer. More...
Here is the park layout for Xscape Braehead for Friday 14th July: Top Left: Side-on 7m Metal Rail SGN Gas Pipe Spine Top Right: Small Kicker Table Kicker Bottom Left: 10m Metal Rail Bottom Right: Slide Box Rookie Boxes
The layout for this Friday's park at Xscape Braehead will be thus: Top Left: Small Kicker Big Gap Kicker Bottom Left: Flat-Down-Flat (jacked way up off the floor) Angled Box Ride (like a mini-wallride......it's new to us too!) Top Right: Side-on 7m Metal Rail Gap-on 10m Metal Rail Bottom Right: ....More...
Here is this week's Breaehead Xscape park layout for Friday 23rd June. Top Left:Gap Kicker (All or Nothing!) Top Right:Small Kicker10m Metal Rail Bottom Left:Battleship Box (A-Frame jacked up from ground level)Rookie Boxes Bottom Right:Slide BoxSGN Gas Pipe
Here is the park layout for this Friday at Braehead Xscape. Top Left:3.5m Metal Rail10m Metal Rail Top Right:Rookie KickerTable Kicker Bottom Left:Flat-Up-Flat-Down BoxSGN Gas Pipe Bottom Right:Slide BoxRookie Boxes
Coming soon to SNO!zone Braehead... Freestyle Coaching for Skiers and Boarders of all ages/abilities (must already meet minimum recreational standard) Beginner Freestyle CoachingFor the first timer to FREESTYLE. Covers all the basics inc stance/balance improvement exercises, switch riding (....More...
Here is the park layout for this Friday at Xscape Braehead.Top Left: SGN Gas Pipe Hip Gap-on 10m Metal Rail Top Right: "Jib-top" Rookie Kicker Down-Flat-Down Box (poss with side kickers) Bottom Left: Table-top kicker SGN Gas Pipe Bottom Right: Slide Box Rookie Boxes
Here is the park layout for this week's Friday freestyle session at Xscape Braehead. Top Left: 3.5m Metal RailSide-on 10m Metal Rail Top Right:"Jib-top" Rookie Kicker Table Kicker Bottom Left:Down-Flat-Down BoxesSGN Gas Pipes Bottom Right:"Ol Faithful" Slide BoxRookie Boxes
Here is the park layout for this week at Xscape Braehead.Top Left: Side-on "Ghetto Street Style" Metal Rail Gap-On "The Bohemoth" 10m Metal rail Top Right: Rookie "Jib-Top" Kicker Large Table/Gap Kicker Bottom Left: Flat-Down-Flat Box Rail Rookie Boxes Bottom Right: "Ol Faithful" Slide box SGN ....More...
Here's the layout for this weeks freestyle park at Xscape, Braehead (slightly limited due to snow levels): Top Left: Kicker Top Right: Side-on 7m Hand Rail SGN Gas Pipe Down Spine Bottom Left: Gap-on 10m "The Bohemoth" Metal rail SGN Practice Gas Pipe Bottom Right: "Ol Faithful" Slide Boxes "Jib ....More...
Here's the Xscape Braehead park for this Friday.Top left: "JibTop" Small rookie kicker Gap kicker Top right: Gap-on 7m Metal rail Down-Flat box Bottom left: SGN Stall wall spine SGN Practice pipe Bottom right: "Ol Faithful" Slide box "JibTastic" Rookie boxes
Here is the park layout for this Friday's freestyle session at Xscape Braehead, plus some shots from last week.Top left: Small rookie "Jib-top" kicker Top right: 3.5m Side-on Down rail 10m "The Bohemoth" Metal rail Bottom left: Gap kicker Rookie boxes Bottom right: Slide boxes Here's some shots by .... More...
Here's our video from the opening of Braehead Xscape captured by the Knox Clan. It features NKE6.0 riders Sparrow Knox and Jamie Nicholls, plus a heap of sick riding from other snowboarders and skiers. More...
Here's the park for this Friday evening.Top Left: Small kickerTop Right: 3.5m Side-on down rail and Flat-Down BoxBottom Left: Big kicker and Rookie boxBottom Right: Slide BoxThere will be two kickers this week.
Here's the proposed park for this Friday. This may be subject to change depending on snow conditions with the possibility of only one larger kicker, rather than two kickers. UPDATE - The plan is slightly changed as they've decided to do one big kicker, rather than two. The single kicker will be .... More...
Initial slope layout for Friday 14th at Braehead Xscape will look something like this: Top slope - Small kicker 3.5m metal rail Flat-up box rail Bottom slope - Larger kicker Slide box Rookie boxesAll the rails have been designed and built by Damian Doyle who runs the CASvegas sessions.
Braehead Xscape...Xscape has opened in Braehead, Glasgow, following an 18-month construction programme, the £70m brownfield regeneration project is home to Scotland's first indoor real snow slope...This is how most of the press releases have gone over the last few days. We could tell you about the .... More...
Yesterday saw the UK's fourth indoor slope open to fireworks over the Clyde. It's a great slope and Xscape really have got it right, especially with the viewing as you can see from this shot from Steve McKenna; with full height, full length viewing windows and best of all a huge balcony inside the .... More...
Contrary to what we'd thought, we now understand that you will be able to ride the new Xscape in Glasgow on Thursday night once all the displays have finished some time after 9pm. Normal slope prices will apply. There should be a couple of kickers, an A frame and a long rail on the slope. Prices ....More...
Okay, okay, so it's not *that* interesting, but I found out today that the Glasgow Xscape - due to open this Thursday - is the most northerly indoor slope in the world if you exclude a couple of indoor tunnels used in Scandinavia for cross-country skiing.10,000 people are expected to turn up for ....More...
Dannii Minogue will officially open the Braehead Xscape according to the BBC. Orson will also be playing live. Everybody is welcome to come along to the official opening on 6th April from 6pm to enjoy the fire eaters, aerial trapeze team, jugglers, men on stilts, fireworks, calvalcade, RSNO (....More...
A report on The Evening Times online website reports that the building will open next month despite the collapse of a cinema ceiling.Chief executive of the £70 million Xscape leisure complex in Braehead PY Gerbeau said he wanted to "end speculation" over fears the opening on April 6 would be ....More...
AN investigation into the collapse of a cinema ceiling at the new £70million Xscape leisure complex could take several days. Read the full article at the Evening Times. More...
The Record suggests that the 200m² of ceiling that collapsed in screen 7 of the cinema at Breahead Xscape could delay the whole 6th April opening. There has been no official word from Xscape yet. More...
The ceiling of the cinema being built within the Braehead Xscsape collapsed on Tuesday afternoon. Nobody was injured. Breahead Xscape is due to open on 6th April. More...
PY Gerbeau says in The Herald that he hopes the slope will help train Scotland's next Olympic champion snowboard or skier, but that 99% of people visiting won't be dedicated snowboarders or skiers. More...
"While Scotland is currently experiencing the best skiing of the season, an alternative is on the horizon for those days when lack of snow halts play." Read the full article from the Sunday Herald. More...
The Glasgow Evening Times newspaper has reported that up to 1000 people are being recruited to work at the new £70million Braehead Xscape indoor snow centre due to open in April.The centre's owners, X-Leisure, launched its recruitment campaign at Jobcentre Plus for the first 600 workers. Hundreds ....More...
An article in the Sunday Herald has PY Gerbeau talking about the new Breahead Xscape and says they plan six Xscapes for the UK.
Braehead Xscape will open on 6th April 2006, bringing a third Xscape and fourth indoor slope to the UK. What we're not 100% sure about is whether it will be open to the public on that day.
Xscape Braehead is the ultimate family entertainment destination combining ‘real’ snow slopes with urban and lifestyle retailers, cool bars and restaurants, cinema, family attractions and extreme activities, all under one roof. If you're looking for an exciting day out where you can ski on the UK’s ..More...
Here's the first shots we've seen from the inside of Glasgow Xscape, currently being constructed in Braehead. As you can see, the slope itselg is at an advanced stage, with the Pomas inplace and the glycol pipes all laid. You can also see the layout is much the same as the Castleford Xscape, but .... More...
We've found it really difficult to get any information about the new Xscape currently under construction in Braehead, Glasgow. When Milton Keynes was built we had huge fact sheets about the amount of snow, uplift per hour and the other retailers at the site. Castleford was pretty much the same.We'....More...
Bags has posted some recent shots of the purple Xscape development in Glasgow. Not long now. More...
It's been a while since we brought you some photos of the ongoing construction at the UK's third Xscape in Glasgow. Thanks to Neil Walker we can bring you these. More...
Chief Executive of X-Leisure PY Gerbeau, has officially launched Xscape featuring Scotland’s first indoor real snow slope. The landmark destination will open in spring 2006 at Braehead and follows the success of Xscape Milton Keynes and Castleford Leeds. The joint venture with Capital Shopping ....More...
David Sipares has sent us some shots from the construction of the Glasgow Xscape. More...
David Sipares sent us these shots of the construction of the Braehead Xscape. It looks estremely similar to the slope construction for Castleford. More...
"more-snow-please" posted up some shots of the construction of the Glasgow Xscape at Braehead on the forum a few days ago. We thought the rest of you might be interested. More...
We've seen the exterior shot a few times, but now we have the originals of that and the interior detail. Feast your eyes on what the Glasgow Xscape will look like come spring 2006. Although MK went up late, the construction at Castleford was spot on and the slope opened on time. We'd expect the .... More...
New destination to attract over 3m visitors and generate £50m and employ over 800.Chief Executive of X-Leisure PY Gerbeau, is today officially launching Xscape featuring Scotland’s first indoor real snow slope. The landmark destination will open in spring 2006 at Braehead and follows the success of ..More...
Have a look at this article from the Evening Times. It looks like Glasgow is finally go. We think that the 120ft they mention should be 120m. Spring 2006 is the likely opening date mentioned. More...
As we heard a few weeks ago, the groundwork for the Glasgow Xscape is now underway. All surveys were conducted successfully. Xscape sent us the following information.1. Archeological Survey: mandatory EU regulation to search for any archeological artifacts when starting a building site. The site ....More...
Final plans for a massive £500m ($900m US) project to redevelop a 200 acre site near Glasgow, Scotland have been unveiled. Construction is scheduled to begin next month on the complex, which has received both public and private funding.The project, which includes what will be Scotland's first .... More...
The Evening Times has revealed an expected opening date for the Braehead Xscape, Glasgow. We're assuming the final differences with the external look of the Xscape have been overcome, although the Glasgow development does look very similar and as purple as the Castleford Xscape. The article reads:.... More...
An article from icrenfrewshire.co.uk yesterday says that the Braehead Xscape in Glasgow should be complete by 2006, with work starting as soon as the final details of the plan have been agreed with the council. The article reads:Work to build Scotland’s first indoor ski centre with real snow will ....More...
The construction of Glasgow Xscape is due to break the ground in August 2004 with the site needing special attention due to the nature of the soil.There are no new images available for the time being as Xscape are submitting the exterior design to the Council, but as soon as they have anything new ....More...
We've just heard from Malcolm Clulow (from Acer Snowmec) that the Glasgow Xscape plans are currently being worked on.Xscape add:Braehead is as a matter of fact going full speed. The last battle is to agree about the external design with the Council. The interior and the slope are designed.We'll be ....More...
With yesterday's news about the Ravenscraig development, we thought it was about time we checked out the status of the Glasgow Xscape. Arnaud Palu from X-Leisure says:We have the lease agreement for the land and we secured a deal with a cinema operator. We already have the amount of rent committed ....More...
DS has contact Capital and Regional Properties who tell him that the Xscape slope planned for Glasgow is being progressed. It is hoped that work on site will start in spring 2004 and will take about 18 months to complete. The slope should be open some time in early 2005.
The Renfrewshire Gazette reported on Thursday 17th April:Massive development will also include a cinema, nightclub, restaurant, health club, business park and around 900 new homesA MASSIVE leisure, business and housing development which is set to boost the 'renaissance of Renfrewshire' took a step ....More...
The planned Braehead Xscape is being rolled out in a joint venture with Pricoa, the American insurance group. They are still in talks to acquire the site at Braehead, Glasgow.
We've just seen a report that indicates that the Sxcape Braehead slope near Glasgow, Scotland should open in 2005. That's the first time I think we've seen an opening date. Construction should begin this year.
Xscape are looking for a tenant for the ground floor of the planned development in Glasgow. They want to be able to develop a luxury cinema within the building, with big comfy chairs, but they are still searching for somebody to operate the cinema.
An official/public announcement about the Glasgow/Braehead Xscape development is expected this week. We have no idea of the content of the announcement, but thought we'd whet your appetite anyway. |
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