The Rank Group, the company behind Mecca Bingo are set to further cut back on their Bingo holding with news that they plan to sell off around 10 of their 103 Bingo Halls. This news is on top of the nine clubs closed in recent months. The clubs are the ones most under threat from […]
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Mecca Admissions Fall
A year after the smoking bans introduction in Scotland a year ago, Mecca has revealed it’s seen a 10% drop in admissions. It’s also seen a like-for-like drop in sales of 17%. Things are starting to improve as the spending per customer is increasing. The news follows Carlton Bingo’s announcements of its drop in profits […]
Exeter Bingo Smokers Denied Shelter
Smokers at the Mecca Bingo on North Street in Exeter are set to get rained on as their local council has rejected plans for an external smoking shelter. They were concerned that the shelter wouldn’t compliment Grade II listed building.
Post Ban Smoking Articles
The smoking ban’s been with us a couple of weeks now, so I thought it would be a good time to have a look at some related articles. Firstly, there’s been all sorts of plans for a smoking shelters outside Bingo halls. This story from Bristol on the Mecca Bingo in Barton Hill and their […]
Welsh Bingo Halls Smoke Free
The day the Bingo industry in Wales has been dreading has arrived – from today it’s illegal to smoke in any of the countries Bingo halls (or pubs, clubs or any enclosed public places). Prior to its introduction, the ban has already had effects in Wales with one of the Mecca Clubs in Swansea closing. […]
Tearful Farewell To Islington’s Mecca Club
The Islington Gazette run a story on the closure of the Essex Road Mecca Club. It’s a sad time for many of the regular elders – even with a bus service being laid on, there will be no replacing what’s been lost. It will have been like a second home to many of the regulars […]
Rank’s Profits Drop
Following the news of the 9 Mecca Bingo clubs closing, Rank are suffering with their earnings dropping by 12% in 2006. Despite the problems with the Bingo area of the business, the chain’s Grosvenor Casinos are doing well, so much so that Rank are planning to bid on the upcoming Casino licenses.
Linda Robson And The Islington Mecca Closure
As one of the ill-fated nine Mecca clubs whose closure was announced last month, the Mecca Bingo club on Essex Road has attracted a lot of press attention. The club is the regular haunt of Birds Of A Feather star Linda Robson and her mum, and Linda has added her backing to the Bingo Association’s […]
Article On Swansea Mecca Closure
Wales Online have an interesting article that looks in-depth at the closure of the Mecca Bingo in Swansea, and further facts and figures on the Bingo and the smoking ban. Will the smoking ban be the death of bingo? (Dead Link)
Prince William’s Bingo Club To Close In Weeks
Following the news from Mecca yesterday of the planned closure of 9 Bingo halls, Get Reading have an article on the closure of the Reading Mecca Bingo. Readers may recall the club has a royal member on its books, as Prince William played there back in October 2006. The club is set to close its […]
