{"id":749273,"date":"2026-08-25T13:36:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T13:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/749273\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T13:36:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T13:36:12","slug":"new-spider-man-film-boosts-visitor-numbers-at-braehead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/749273\/","title":{"rendered":"New Spider-Man film boosts visitor numbers at Braehead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  <img   width=\"100%\"\/>GRID Braehead. (Image: Supplied)\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  On Wednesday, July 29, footfall at GRID jumped by 73.5% compared to the same day last year, coming close to the numbers GRID would typically expect to welcome on a Saturday.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Spider-Man effect continued well past opening day, with GRID recording a 28% year-on-year increase in daily visitors through to Monday, August 10.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Bruce Harley, manager at GRID Braehead, said: &#8220;Glasgow really got behind Spider-Man, so it\u2019s fantastic to see that excitement reflected here at GRID.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;To have our usual Wednesday footfall and numbers approaching what we would normally see on a Saturday shows just how much of a buzz there was around the film.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;With part of the movie filmed right here in Glasgow, there was extra excitement around this release.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;Big films like Spider-Man are about more than a trip to the cinema, they give friends and families an excuse to get together, grab something to eat and enjoy everything else that\u2019s on offer.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  &#8220;We love seeing GRID at its busiest and the atmosphere that comes with it, and we\u2019re looking forward to welcoming plenty more visitors throughout the rest of the summer.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GRID Braehead. (Image: Supplied) On Wednesday, July 29, footfall at GRID jumped by 73.5% compared to the same&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":749274,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-749273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=749273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/749273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/749274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=749273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=749273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=749273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}