Bellahouston Park - a historic and versatile Glasgow venue

Responsible for hosting everything from Papal visits to pipe band competitions, Bellahouston Park is one of the most historic, scenic and versatile venues in Glasgow. Check out the range of Bellahouston Park tickets on offer at StubHub and enjoy all that its 180 acres has to offer for yourself.

Fit for a Pope

Located on the south side of Glasgow, Bellahouston Park opened to the public in 1896. Three years later its owners added the city's second major golf course and following further expansions it soon became a popular events venue. In 1938 an astonishing 12.5 million people visited the park for the Empire Exhibition, an international exposition which took 14 months to stage. More than 200 pavilions and palaces were specially built for the event, of which the Palace of Art, now a Sports Excellence Centre, remains the only left standing. In 1978, the World Cross Country Championships came to Bellahouston Park, but it was the visit of Pope John Paul II four years later that put it firmly on the international map. 250,000 people flocked to the park on that occasion, then the biggest ever gathering in Glasgow's history. In 2010 Pope Benedict XVI became the second pontiff to visit the park with a mass celebrating the Feast of St. Ninian. You can both buy and sell Bellahouston Park tickets on StubHub.

Glasgow Summer Sessions sets up home

Bellahouston Park has welcomed everyone from evangelist Billy Graham to various pipe band competitions over the years, while in 1996 a visual arts centre of excellence was built using original designs from renowned Scottish architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh. Since 2013, the park has also hosted festival Glasgow Summer Sessions during the last weekend of August. A 100,000-strong crowd enjoyed headliners Eminem, Avicii and Kings of Leon on its debut, and the line-up has continued to attract similar crowds and impressive names since. As well as local talents such as Paolo Nutini, Calvin Harris, The View and Biffy Clyro and emerging names SOAK, Tuff Luv and Russ. Glasgow Summer Sessions has also welcomed hip-hop acts Kendrick Lamar, Run the Jewels and Danny Brown, chart-toppers The Killers, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds and Fall Out Boy, and superstar DJs David Guetta, Steve Angello and Oliver Heldens to its stage. Catch some of today's hottest names in action by booking your Bellahouston Park tickets on StubHub.