Bellahouston Park (Glasgow)

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The Empire Exhibition, Scotland 1938 was held in Bellahouston Park and attracted over 13 million people.

On 1 June 1982, Bellahouston Park was visited by Pope John Paul II as part of his Scottish tour. Almost 300,000 people turned up to hear him perform Mass.

Bellahouston Park contains several sports facilities, including the Palace of Art Sports for Excellence Centre, Bellahouston Sports Centre and the Glasgow Ski Centre (which is also home to Bellahouston Road Runners). The park also contains "House for an Art Lover" by world renowned architect, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, on which construction was completed in 1996. It was also the site of the futuristic Art Deco skyscraper, the Tate tower, which was completed in 1938, but was subsequently demolished.