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He highlighted the music
industry’s success in drawing visitors to the UK and the economic contribution it makes with the total spend by music tourists in 2012 being £2.2 billion. In that year there were 6.5 million music tourists atending events across the year with an average spend by each of £657 when visiting the UK. A total of 537,000 music tourists came to Scotland. John Langford, Director of Live
From left: Geoff Ellis, Chief Executive of DF Concerts; Richard Muir, Deputy Chief Executive, Glasgow Chamber of Commerce; and John Langford, Director of Live Entertainment, SECC
Calum Murray, Director of
developers CCG Scotland, outlined his company’s experience in conceiving, designing and building the Athletes Village in Dalmarnock. He said it was a “huge market
challenge” to create a development that would house 6,500 athletes and officials during the Games and then would be used thereaſter as a high-profile housing development. He said that CCG originally
End, providing space for new businesses to come in and jobs to develop in an area that has been transformed in the years leading up to the Commonwealth Games.” Paul Zealey, speaking on his
second to last day as Head of Engagement and Legacy at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, started his talk with the surprising revelation that there is not a lot of international evidence to suggest that legacy actually delivers for host cities. But he said that there was a
real determination from when he began his work with the Games Organising Commitee that Glasgow 2014 would be different. He concluded: “I feel
very confident that as well as having delivered the best Commonwealth Games ever, Glasgow will have produced the best legacy.”
planned to deliver 550 houses, but Glasgow City Council had nudged that up to 700 houses – 400 social houses and 300 for private sale. Calum said there were a lot of
developments that did not match the quality of the artist’s impressions. “But we knew that this had to deliver because it was about Glasgow, it was about Scotland and it was about our business’s reputation.” Geoff Ellis, CEO of the
Scotland’s biggest music promoter, the Glasgow-based DF Concerts, outlined the current strength and vibrancy of the Glasgow music scene in a Glasgow Talk in early September. He talked of the continued
creative strength of musicians in the area and the enthusiasm of the audiences in the city which have led to Glasgow playing host to the MTV EMAs. He also outlined the growth
of DF-promoted T in the Park, held in July in the grounds of Strathallan Castle in Perthshire.
Geoff said the highly successful event now draws 96 per cent of its visitors from outside Perth and Kinross, 90 per cent from outside Tayside and 15 per cent from outside Scotland.
Entertainment at the SECC outlined the successes of Te SSE Hydro that has put Glasgow on the map for the world’s biggest music events including atracting the MTV European Music Awards. Unfortunately Joe Aitken,
Head of Major Events at the Glasgow City Marketing Bureau was not able to speak at the event due to illness.
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