CLUTHA owner Alan Crossan is still waiting for the go ahead for him to re-open.

He said Glasgow City Council has yet to issue a completion certificate, making it legal for him to fully open.

Without the document the grand unveiling will not be given the green light, forcing Alan to cancel the bands scheduled and turn guests away.

It had been hoped the pub could re-open this month.

The invitation list is understood to include relatives of those who died when a helicopter plunged through the roof of the venue on November 29, 2013.

Also invited are some of those injured during the tragedy, and the band Esperanza who played at the time of the accident, members of the police, fire and ambulance services and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

Alan has said he is hopeful the First Minister will be able to attend. He is also hoping Glasgow City Council will be represented by Lord Provost Sadie Docherty..

However, the event will only be allowed to go ahead once the certification is complete.

“We can only open if we get a completion certificate from the council. We’re ready to go but we need this.”

“They said they would look at it this week. I’m just crossing my fingers it comes on time.”

He also added that five staff who previously worked in the venue before the tragedy are also waiting patiently to get back behind the bar.

A council spokeswoman said they had “worked extremely hard to ensure that Mr Crossan could re-open,” and added: “We wrote to his solicitor in March to tell him that that the scale of the work he was carrying out would require building warrant consent.

“The application for that work was only received within the last fortnight – it is simply not possible to assess and approve that work in this timescale.”