A CAMPAIGN group is asking students to boycott venues owned by a pub and club entrepreneur in protest at his controversial nightclub plans for a city park.

A CAMPAIGN group is asking students to boycott venues owned by a pub and club entrepreneur in protest at his controversial nightclub plans for a city park.

The Save Our Botanics group has asked the student associations of Glasgow University, Strathclyde University and Glasgow Caledonian University to stay away from venues owned by Stefan King's G1 Group.

If students back the move the boycott could affect The Loft, Arta, Corinthian, Cul De Sac, the Polo Lounge and Viper, as well as the Grosvenor Cinema on Ashton Lane.

Mr King has angered residents with his proposal to develop within the gardens, by building a cafe/bar, an underground nightclub and conference centre, a mini-railway, bandstand and pavilion, on the site of a disused Victorian railway station.

A 99-year lease was approved in June by Labour members of Glasgow City Council's executive committee.

But the proposal still has to go through planning and licensing.

David Howat, chairman of Save Our Botanics, said: "Mr King should not be surprised if people vote with their feet and support Save Our Botanics call for a boycott of G1's premises."

G1 could not be contacted for comment today.

The next stage of the campaign will involve a rally to which all Glasgow residents' associations and other community groups have been invited to send delegates.

The meeting will take place on Thursday November 15, at the Hilton Glasgow Grosvenor Hotel.