Tiger Woods and Justin Timberlake have been given the inexperienced mild to remodel a historic cinema into an leisure venue.
The well-known duo are set to show the New Image Home in St Andrews right into a ‘distinctive’ bar and restaurant within the city famed for being the house of golf.
The most effective-selling artists on this planet, Timberlake, and his golf ace pal Woods already function a bar beneath the T-Squared Social title in New York and wish to increase the posh model to Scotland.
The category-B listed cinema venue sits near the Previous Course the place Woods lifted the Claret Jug twice at The Open.
Fife Council has now granted them planning permission for the mission.
It comes after Timberlake, 43, was pulled over after he ran a cease signal and veered out of his lane whereas behind the wheel of his 2025 BMW X7 round 12:30am on June 18 in Sag Harbor after an evening out with associates.
Tiger Woods, pictured with Justin Timberlake, lifted the Claret Jug on the Previous Course twice
It comes after Timberlake, 43, was pulled over after he ran a cease signal and veered out of his lane whereas behind the wheel of his 2025 BMW X7 round 12:30 a.m. of June 18
The well-known duo are set to show the New Image Home in St Andrews right into a ‘distinctive’ bar and restaurant within the city famed for being the house of golf
Woods and Timberlake say their plans will hold one cinema display screen however rework the remainder of the constructing in an funding price £2m to the city.
The pair consider the event may have ‘vital attain and curiosity’ from locals, college students and guests in St Andrews.
Plans submitted to the council, which had been backed by the proprietor of the cinema, stated T-Squared Social would carry a ‘enjoyable, family-friendly’ vacation spot to the world beneath one roof.
The pair plan to put in sport simulators to permit visitors to play 100 programs from all over the world and switch their hand to soccer, NFL, rugby, cricket and lacrosse.
And the venue shall be open seven days every week from 9am till midnight however they will lengthen that to 1am on a Friday and Saturday.
It’s hoped the venue will present 40-45 jobs throughout administration, bar, restaurant and ready workers.
An artist’s impression exhibiting how the sports activities bar in St Andrews might look
An earlier planning assertion for the mission stated: ‘The proposals put ahead by T-Squared Social are welcomed by the present cinema homeowners and can assist safe The New Image Home’s long-term future by sustaining movie screenings whereas additionally modernising the supply to offer a wider vary of leisure and eating experiences.
‘The area people, college students and guests may have the chance to expertise a broader vary of cinema, eating and leisure on the well-liked venue following the investments proposed by the applicant.’
Woods and Timberlake had been requested to protect historic work by a Scots artist Ada Hill Walker whose watercolour panels contained in the cinema constructing depict native scenes such because the citadel, cathedral and the cinema itself.
A planning report welcomed the bid however raised issues in regards to the influence on the constructing and the unique work by the artist.
Giving the plans the go-ahead, Fife Council stated: ‘The proposal is taken into account acceptable when it comes to design, detailing and selection of supplies; and would defend and improve the character and look of the conservation space.
‘As such, the proposal is taken into account to be in compliance with the related insurance policies of the event plan and related tips.’
Work on the mission should start inside the subsequent three years and all ‘inside options of notice’ have to be protected.
