![]() The main contractors were Robert R Bryce, East Hamilton Street, Wishaw. ![]() The building took only four and a half months to erect. The lucky winners, both Govan men received their prizes from Mrs Nimmo, wife of Mr R W Nimmo, a director of Usher-Vaux. The manager Mr Robert Leitch came to Glasgow with his wife from the “Barclay” in Edinburgh which was also owned by Usher-Vaux.Īt the opening ceremony a draw was made in the public bar for two Usher-Vaux Christmas gift packs. In the lounge a partition door could be closed at times splitting the room into two parts, with 75 people being accommodated in the smaller private lounge. The new pub could hold 500 people, 300 in the lounge and the rest in the public bar. Attracting customers from countless football fans the pub could hardly go wrong even if the interior didn’t have a football theme. In close proximity to Ibrox Stadium, home to Rangers Football Club and opposite the Copland Road underground station this was an ideal site for a new public house. ![]() The Stadium Bar was opened in December 1967 by Usher-Vaux, just in time for the Christmas parties.
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