The Royal Concert Hall

From Glasgow

Telephone	0141 353 8080 0141 353 8000 (box office)
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Address	2 Sauchiehall Street G2 3NY

Buchanan Street entrance to the Royal Concert Hall

2500 seat auditorium and concert hall located at the juction of Buchanan Street and Sauchiehall Street, adjoined to the Buchanan Galleries shopping centre.

Ethos: "Glasgow's Hall for Glasgow's People". Official website at http://www.grch.com.

Owned by Glasgow City Council and run by Glasgow Cultural Enterprises Ltd.

Opened by Princess Anne on the 5th of October 1990. Designed by Sir Leslie Martin and built in roughly 864 days to coincide with Glasgow's reign as European City of Culture at a cost of £31 million. Mostly paid for by the European Community, the District Council and Strathclyde Regional Council.

Approximately 500,000 visitors per year with an annual turnover of £6 million. Employs 64 full-time, 13 part-time and 92 casual staff

Building director: Louise Mitchell (since 1996).

webcam: There is a webcam on top of the hall looking down Buchanan Street.

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