Leisure plans submitted for Edinburgh Odeon
December 19 2012
The Instant Arena plan follows abandoned efforts to transform the venue into a hotel and would entail refurbishing the main art deco auditorium into a space into a venue for cabaret alongside the addition of a champagne bar, restaurant and coffee lounge.
It would also see two ground floor theatres would be retained for screenings of events, game shows, talent competitions and concerts, whilst an old stage house to the rear would be demolished to make way for student accommodation.
Historic Scotland upgraded the former cinema, currently on the Buildings at Risk Register, to A listed status in April.
Previous plans stalled over requests to gut the cinema, raising hopes that this latest plan could break a decade long deadlock.
3 Comments
#2 Posted by wonky on 19 Dec 2012 at 16:01 PM
In the words of the great Edinburgh Philosopher "Spud": ...'your leisure is our pleasure'.
And all these things will come to pass.
And all these things will come to pass.
#3 Posted by wonky on 20 Dec 2012 at 14:07 PM
The Renfield Odeon is a classic Art Deco design on a bigger scale than this- admittedly Grade A listed Clerk St version- I prefer the scale and the design of the Renfield Odeon as an example of Art Deco design.
By the way it is only the vast brick exterior behind the frontage that is to be lost...its actually a more sympathetic design than the original.
By the way it is only the vast brick exterior behind the frontage that is to be lost...its actually a more sympathetic design than the original.
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