History
The site of the venue was a previously derelict area below the Glasgow Central railway station, which was converted to house the exhibition Glasgow's Glasgow during the city's year as European City of Culture. In 1991, after the exhibition had ended, the space was obtained by Andy Arnold, who would become the venue's artistic director, for the purposes of creating a theatre. Realising that theatre productions required substantial funding, Arnold decided to stage nightclub events to support his projects, and this practice continues to this day, the clubbing revenues helping to fund the array of events it hosts on a regular basis.
In early 2007, The Arches was voted 12th best club in the world by DJs in a DJ Magazine poll.
In January 2008, Andy Arnold left The Arches to become the artistic director at the Tron Theatre. He was succeeded at the Arches by Jackie Wylie.
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