Barrowlands Walkway Flashcards
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Barrowlands Walkway
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- commissioned in 2014 for the commonwealth games.
- ## it lists the musicians (2000 of them) who have performed at the Barrowland Concert Venue and pays homage to the venue’s contribution in shaping Glasgow’s musical history. - the walkway is laid out like a stack of CDs
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Barrowlands Ballroom
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the original barrowlands ballroom opened in 1934 and was built by ‘Barras Queen’ Maggie McIver.
- the ballroom has become a major concert venue with a capacity of around 1950 people, known for its acoustics and its sprung dance floor.
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SSE Hyrdo
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since its opening in September 2013, has staged the 2014 MTV Europe music awards, the Ryder Cup Gala Concert and the 2014 BBC Sports Personality of the Year. It was also a venue for the the 2014 Commonwealth games. it has a maximum capacity of 14,300.
- attracting an annual audience of more than one million , the venue is consistentently ranked by Pollstars in the top 10 arenas globally, alongside iconic venues like Maddison square garden and the O2.
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barra
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- the barras is a street and indoor weekend market. the term ‘Barra’ is Glaswegian dialect for barrow, relating to the markets early years, where traders sold their goods from handcarts
