Cheltenham Ace Bingo – Lower High Street

At the moment we do not have details of the events that led up to, or any of the circumstances surrounding the closure of the Ace Bingo Cheltenham, but we do know a bit about about the venue’s history.

Ace Bingo had been a bingo club since the sixties, operating as the Legalite Bingo Club, which was taken over by Mecca Bingo prior to the recent Ace ownership. The club was located in what was the Essoldo cinema between 1947 and 1964. Originally though, it was the Ritz Theatre which opened in 1937 with seating for 919 patrons. Planning permission was granted in 2014 for a residential housing scheme.

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By Gareth Whieldon (September 2015)