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George Square to serve as Glasgow 2018 hub

George Square to serve as Glasgow 2018 hub

August 1 2018

Glasgow’s George Square is being readied to serve as a hub for the 2018 European Championships where it will double as an events space and venue for Cycling Road Race competitions.

The opening and closing parties of Festival 2018 will also be held on the historic square, which will be adorned by new commissions from Turner Prize winning artist Douglas Gordon.

With the city chambers and Cenotaph war memorial serving as a backdrop for broadcast coverage, contemporary interventions have also been commissioned – led by a large-format installation conceived by contemporary visual artists Joanne Tatham and Tom O’Sullivan which will create a dramatic new entrance to the square for the events duration.

Ron Chakraborty, executive editor of major events at BBC Sport, commented: “This is a huge logistical exercise and I’m delighted that George Square will provide the backdrop to our coverage. With its incredible architecture and history, there is nowhere more synonymous with Glasgow and we’re thrilled to be using it as the base for our on-screen coverage.”

Festival 2018 will run from 2-12 August.

An array of contemporary artworks and pavilions will adorn the Victorian civic set-piece

The square itself will play host to road cycling events over the course of the games

9 Comments

#1 Posted by Sir Ano on 1 Aug 2018 at 15:11 PM

and it looks absolutely nothing like this.

#2 Posted by Oh yeah on 1 Aug 2018 at 16:03 PM

#1 Well, what did you expect? A decent two weeks of fun? Something different than usual middle finger waving to locals with honest suggestion to 'avoid city centre'? It does not look like a poor version of the visualizations and surely there will be not a single firework shot, but hey, it's yet another z-lister attraction for the masses.

Did anyone even bother to mention that European Championships 2018 are co-hosted by Glasgow and Berlin? Germans got athletics, gingers got this. Enjoy :)

#3 Posted by Sir Ano on 1 Aug 2018 at 16:12 PM

you lost me after well.

#4 Posted by Mansart on 1 Aug 2018 at 17:39 PM

Is it just me, or is the sun in the wrong orientation and casting shadows from a northerly direction?

#5 Posted by Los Alamos on 1 Aug 2018 at 20:24 PM

Dear Mansart,

No, I think that's a nuclear warhead hitting Coulport that might have that kind of lighting effect.

You never know, maybe that's what the artist was thinking of...

Nonetheless, I'd keep your heid doon if i were you, just in case ;-)