Glasgow's Elfingrove to close while marquee issue fixed

Elfingrove in Glasgow will close temporarily because of a technical issue with the marquee.

The festive event at Kelvingrove only opened yesterday - it feature's the UK's biggest ice rink and a snow wheel.

A spokesperson for the festive events says they are "gutted" but that the issue is out with the team's control.

Also that anyone with tickets for today or tonight will be refunded.

Oli Norman, CEO of itison and Elfingrove creator, said:

“We have been planning Elfingrove for a long time; we love bringing such a magical festive event to the city, and it's been great to see people enjoying the show the past couple of days.

“Unfortunately, due to a technical issue with the marquee we have had to close the event temporarily, as a precautionary measure.

“Despite our planning and engineering things like this happen that are out of our control, and we are heartbroken to be disappointing everyone due to come along today."

“The marquee company is on site and doing everything needed to fix the issue to ensure the event can reopen again as soon as possible."

"Safety is our first priority, and the marquee company are working closely with the consultant engineering company to get the event open again as soon as possible."

“Our aim is to put on a brilliant festive event for everyone to enjoy during the darker months and we are gutted to have to close the event today."

“We apologise to everyone who had tickets to come along today and tonight."

"Everyone affected has been contacted and all ticket holders offered a full refund.”

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