Glasgow club says scheme faces 鈥榓 number of challenges鈥 and could take years to complete

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Celtic Football Club has been granted planning permission in principle to create an hotel, a museum, as well as retail and ticket office facilities at its ground in Glasgow.

The club stressed that 鈥渃onsiderable work and investment over a number of years would be required鈥 in order to complete the project.

In a statement the Celtic said it had made 鈥渟ignificant investment鈥 in recent years to develop the stadium and public realm area for the benefit of its supporters.

鈥淎ny further development of this kind would be a hugely positive step for the club, for our supporters and for the local community, but we understand there would be a number of challenges to overcome to complete a development of this scale.鈥

A spokesperson for Celtic added: 鈥淲e are very pleased that initial planning permission has been granted. Clearly, there is still considerable work to be done in bringing such an ambitious project to fruition.

鈥淗owever, we will now engage with other relevant parties to assess this potential development.鈥