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UGC / Cineworld City Centre
Renfrew Street / West Nile Street


Screen Number
 		No. of Seats
 		Screen Size (ft)
1
 		170
 		34
2
 		157
 		31
3
 		663
 		60
4
 		193
 		36
5
 		218
 		35
6
 		138
 		30
7
 		434
 		48
8
 		196
 		34
9
 		243
 		36
10
 		181
 		35
11
 		374
 		42
12
 		196
 		35
13
 		243
 		36
14
 		181
 		35
15
 		374
 		41
16
 		84
 		30
17
 		84
 		30
18
 		177
 		43
Opened on 21 September 2001, the UGC has made a big impact on the Glasgow cinema scene. At over 12 stories high, and with an entry in the Guinness Book of Records as the Worlds Tallest Cinema, the UGC was also the UK's busiest cinema in terms of admissions in 2003.

It seats around 4,300 in total over 18 screens, the largest of which seats 663, the smallest 84. The largest screen is 18.4m x 8.4m (60 feet x 27 feet, 2.2:1 ratio approx.) The screens are all wall to wall and floor to ceiling, with no tabs or masking.

Level 0 - Foyer; Level 1 - Bar; Level 2 - Screens 1 - 3 & 'Party Room'; Level 3 - Screens 4 - 7; Level 4 - Screens 8 -11; Level 5 - Screens 12 - 15; Level 6 - Screen 16 - 18.

UGC was taken over by Cineworld in 2005, and the cinema rebranded at that time.

For earlier pictures of the building as the UGC, click here.

Official Cineworld Website

The UGC was built on the site of another record-breaking cinema, Green's Playhouse, which was Europe's largest cinema in terms of number of seats (4,368).


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