Today's Herald reports that David Jordan, Glasgow Warriors's chief executive, said, following a draft agreement reached at a meeting this week, Glasgow will become the anchor tenant at the redeveloped stadium.
Talks have also taken place with Partick Thistle about a short-term groundshare at Firhill.
The Scotstoun deal will give Glasgow full operational and commercial control of the rebuilt 6078-seat venue when the stadium re-opens in 2007. The pitch will still be surrounded by a running track – Scottish and UK Athletics will also have access rights to the venue – but the move represents major progress for the club.
"We've been working hard on this project with Glasgow City Council over the past two years and it is very exciting for professional rugby here," said Jordan, whose efforts have continued unabated despite being told last summer that he was being made redundant by the SRU as part of a cost-cutting exercise. "It will give us a home we can call our own and a single location we can use for all Glasgow representative matches – at age grade as well as pro level – along with an administrative and training base.
"We have to thank the city council for being very positive about their involvement in rugby."
David went on to say that Glasgow will need to increase crowds to make the scheme work, but Scotstoun offers opportunities that Hughenden never could. "We have to attract crowds averaging around 5000 to make it work, but we believe we would be putting together an overall entertainment proposition that would achieve that," he said