Clyde Auditorium - Glasgow

Monika S

Leider hatten auch wir keine Zeit für einen Besuch im Innern, sondern wir haben es nur von außen gesehen: gegenüber von der Milleniums-Bridge aus und dann direkt am Armadillo (= Gürteltier) vorbei. Sir Noman Foster & Partners haben hier ein Gebäude als spektakuläres "Gürteltier" geschaffen, die gesamte bauliche Anlage wurde 2013 fertig. In den Jahren 1994-98 hat aber der britische Architekt Grimshaw bereits in Berlin-Charlottenburg ein Wirtschaftsgebäude erstellt, das "Ludwig Ehrhard Haus", das schon viel früher - in den 1990er-Jahren als "Gürteltier" bezeichnet worden ist. Haben Foster & Partner sich hiervon inspirieren lassen? Das werde ich wohl nie raus finden. Begeistert haben mich jedoch beide Bauten - in Glasgow und in Berlin!

Walter Local Guide

Wenn ich Zeit gehabt hätte währe ich zu einer Veranstaltung gegangen.
Wie immer im Urlaub ist die Zeit knapp aber für eine außen Besichtigung sollte man sich Zeit nehmen.

Rene König

Sehr interresant.

Jorge Luis Helguero

Super!

Kitty Bowen

This is a fantastic looking venue, with great sound quality, but there's a few things that let it down.

If you have mobility issues, be aware that there isn't an accessible entrance like there is at the Hydro. Be prepared to queue with everyone else. You might be spotted by a steward and guided to the front, but it's not guaranteed. Once inside, there's no seating area prior to taking your seat if you're in the stalls, and you have to queue again whilst waiting for the auditorium doors to open. I can't stand for long periods and found this extremely uncomfortable.

You will battle against the queue if you want to use the toilets, too. Speaking of which, be prepared to cross your legs while waiting! One toilet on the ground floor, which is tiny, for the size of the venue.

Food wise, forget it unless you want to pay over the odds for a bag of sweets. Drinks are expensive, as you would expect. The two vending machines were both out of order.

Parking is a complete rip-off. £12 flat fee for gigs at night.

I do like the venue for shows, but these things definitely let it down, big time.

Daniel Cairns

The queue controlling wasn't great, people scanning tickets could have been much better organised -for example have lanes. Instead, it was a bit of a free-for-all, allowing people to push in line which we formed.
It's not easy to find where you're supposed to head towards, but once you find a staff member at the event hall it was fine. Apart from that it was ok.
Staff at the event hall were really helpful and lovely.

John Tighe

First time at the Armadillo and very impressed. Parking is nearby in the multi story, could be a bit more reasonably priced but getaway was slick in comparison to some of the nightmares I've had getting away from the SEC car park in previous years.

Seating and acoustics were fab. Toilets not brilliant but not awful either. Lack of snacks, or so it seemed but the show was amazing which more than made up for any downsides.

Would 100% drive the 3 hrs each way it took to get there, really great venue

Colin Atkinson

For the last 25 years we’ve danced at the front of the Armadillo at the annual Jools Holland concert. This year despite being on row b of the stalls, the staff positioned themselves at the end of the rows and stopped everyone getting up and going up to the front for a boogie ( one staff member was even quite violent to a middle aged gentleman who tried to get a bit closer to Jools to take a photo) A brilliant concert ruined by the staff at the venue. Even Jools himself was embarrassed. Come on SEC you can do better than this! What’s wrong with a few middle aged people having a bit of a dance next to the stage