A member of the team, who wished to remain anonymous, told The Glasgow Times it “will definitely be closing.”
They said: “It was shocking, but we always knew that Cineworld was having issues.
“I mean, we had had so many warnings that we were getting shut down, multiple times a year, we were told we were getting shut down.
“But when we got that e-mail through, it was the first one that was so separate from any other issue.
“So we knew pretty much the minute we got this e-mail that we were like, yeah, we’re done for.”
We reported last month that the world’s tallest cinema in Glasgow was at risk of closure after an email was sent to staff.
World’s tallest cinema in Glasgow’s staff speak out amid closure fears (Image: Newsquest)
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Unfortunately for staff and fans of the establishment, it appears it will be shutting its doors.
Despite the shock, the staff said that “the managers were so accommodating.”
One manager “was phoning everyone who wasn’t in that day, and I thought that was really quite sweet.”
They continued: “As soon as they know things they want to tell us.
“It hurts me to even talk about them, people with kids and people who’ve been there since it opened, and I really genuinely worry for them.
“I know there’s a lot of talk right now about what’s going to happen afterwards, whether there’ll be redundancy pay or if we’re going to get more time.”
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And the staff member said that the cinema, which boasts 18 screens, is “definitely going to close.”
The opinion was that “if they want the building back, they’re going to take it back”.
They said: “We do know for a fact now it is shutting, but we don’t know at all when we’ve been told many times we don’t have an exact date, so really it could be any day now.”
They said that the uncertainty is “a very emotional thing for everybody in the building.
“Everyone’s a bit down the dumps.”
They say that many of the staff are very close friends and have “some great connections” in the building, and admitted that “it’s going to be hard.”
There’s a hopeful resilience among the staff, they say, though: “We’re getting through it and everyone’s really positive. We’re all going to end up okay at the end of it.
“We really haven’t been told much, and neither have the managers; there’s a lot of behind-the-scenes stuff going on, I’m sure.”
Omniplex, which bought the building in May, refused to comment on the situation.
Cineworld were contacted repeatedly for a comment but did not respond.