Article: Fears of 'Trojan Horse' night club from bingo hall revamp

PLANS to demolish and redevelop the Mecca Bingo hall in Fountainbridge have been accused of being a "Trojan Horse" for a new nightclub in the area.

Rank Group, operators of the Mecca bingo hall, wants to bulldoze the ageing building and replace it with a new modern development, which they say would be used for "leisure".

But they have failed to say exactly what this would mean for the new building, which would back on to the Union Canal, meaning a casino, nightclub or cinema are all on the cards.

And this has sparked fears that they are trying to get plans for a nightclub building approved.

In its planning brief to the council, Mecca Bingo said the building, which was once the home of ...

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