| Comment | I'll look out the report in a bit and add the link, but u/deadkestrel is right. The Glasgow Chambers of Commerce (essentially the group representing the interests of businesses in Glasgow) did a state of the city centre report about 6 months back.
It showed the centre is back to pre-Covid footfall. Peaks have shifted from early morning and midday during the week to evenings and weekends but overall footfall is as high as ever. Can't remember for sure but I think it commented that hospitality spend is up on pre-Covid levels, again with people visiting in evenings and weekends. More residents are living into the centre now than have been in decades, with ongoing developments either in planning or construction meaning another 7,000-8,000 city centre residents can be expected in the next few years.
The death of Glasgow city centre is a tired meme at this stage that doesn't bare scrutiny.
I've long suspected the people who bemoan the city centre are those who spend time in it least.
It has trouble spots, no doubt. And it certainly doesn't help that one of them is Union Street - the street most people see as their first and last image of the centre before they get a bus, taxi or train. But it leaves a false impression of how the wider city centre is performing. |
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