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24 Hour Fitness Celebrates East Coast Expansion – Opens Second Club in Maryland
Posted: December 16, 2014 in Chains
GLENARDEN, MD - Beginning bright and early at 6:00 a.m. on December 20, 24 Hour Fitness will open its brand-new Glenarden Super-Sport club located at 9450 Ruby Lockhart Blvd. in Lanham, Md. The new club will be the second 24 Hour Fitness location in Maryland and will offer the Glenarden community more than 45,600 square feet of workout space and experiential programs.The community is invited to stop by the new club on grand opening day to enjoy an inaugural workout and festivities that include club tours, a photo booth, fitness-inspired video presentation as well as a wide range of group exercise classes featuring the hottest music hits. Read More...
24 Hour Fitness Continues Expansion Into Northern Virginia
Posted: December 11, 2014 in Chains
FAIRFAX, VA - 24 Hour Fitness continues its expansion across Northern Virginia with the grand opening of its newest club location, Fairfax Super Sport club, 12300 Price Club Plaza, Fairfax, VA. The grand opening begins at 6:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 13, as the club’s energetic staff opens its doors to greet new members eager to experience their first workout in the new club. Grand opening festivities begin at 9:00 a.m. as the community is invited to a full day of activities that includes club tours, introduction to the club’s state-of-the-art equipment and a wide range of group exercise classes featuring the hottest music hits. Read More...
24 Hour Fitness to Acquire 32 Bally Total Fitness Clubs
Posted: December 9, 2014 in Chains
SAN RAMON, CA - 24 Hour Fitness and Bally Total Fitness (“Bally”) jointly announced today that 24 Hour Fitness has agreed to acquire certain assets of Bally Total Fitness including 32 fitness clubs located in New York, New Jersey, Denver and the San Francisco Bay Area. It is anticipated that the transaction will officially close in the next two weeks. Read More...
Tilton Fitness & Wellness to Host Toy Drive to Benefit Local Kids
Posted: December 9, 2014 in Chains
NEW JERSEY - Tilton Fitness & Wellness, the region’s premier family of health clubs, is hosting a Toy Drive to benefit the children of the Boys and Girls Club of Atlantic City. Read More...
Is Your City Getting Fit? New ACSM Research Has The Answer
Posted: December 9, 2014 in Suppliers
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - For the last seven years, the American College of Sports Medicine’s American Fitness Index® (AFI) program, with support from the Anthem Foundation, has published an annual data report highlighting key health and fitness measures for the country’s 50 largest metropolitan areas. The AFI data report gives communities an opportunity to gauge and improve their residents’ health, provide awareness and education to community leaders and inspire community action and advocacy based on scientific evidence. Today, the AFI program is releasing a groundbreaking trend report recapping five-year summary data for each city. Read More...
ClubCorp Announces 2015 Outlook and Reinvention Capital; Reports on Board’s Analysis of REIT Options
Posted: December 8, 2014 in Chains
DALLAS, TX - ClubCorp – The World Leader in Private Clubs (NYSE: MYCC) today disclosed management's outlook for 2015, which reflects expectations of strong same-store growth, continued returns from the company's reinvention strategy and continued growth from the revenue and cost synergies of acquisitions, including the acquisition of Sequoia Golf. Read More...
ClubCorp Announces the Acquisition of Oro Valley Country Club
Posted: December 4, 2014 in Chains
DALLAS, TX - ClubCorp – The World Leader in Private Clubs (NYSE: MYCC) announces the acquisition of Oro Valley Country Club, a private previously member-owned club located in northwest Tucson at the base of the Santa Catalina Mountains. ClubCorp plans a million-dollar reinvention project that will include improvements to the golf course, clubhouse and outdoor patio. Read More...
ClubCorp Announces Increase in Its Quarterly Cash Dividend by 8%
Posted: December 3, 2014 in Chains
DALLAS, TX - ClubCorp – The World Leader in Private Clubs (NYSE: MYCC) today announced its Board of Directors has approved an 8% increase to its quarterly dividend. The increase will result in an annual cash dividend of $0.52 per share from $0.48 per share today. As a result, the Board of Directors has declared the Company's next quarterly cash dividend of $0.13 per share will be payable on January 15, 2015 to all common stockholders of record at the close of business on January 2, 2015. Read More...
Life Time and ShapeMed to Bring the Best in Health and Wellness to Atlantans
Posted: December 3, 2014 in Chains
ATLANTA, GA - Life Time (NYSE:LTM) has acquired ShapeMed, an Atlanta, Georgia-based wellness and non-surgical aesthetics clinic to bring the best of health and wellness to men and women across Atlanta. ShapeMed by Life Time is now open in Buckhead within the Fountain Oaks Shopping Plaza and has plans to open inside Life Time Athletic Atlanta and Life Time Fitness Alpharetta. ShapeMed by Life Time will also host a variety of events in many Atlanta-area Life Time destinations. Read More...
The Studio Celebrates Expansion With Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Posted: December 2, 2014 in Chains
DANVILLE, CA - The Edge high performance training room is now open. To officially mark the expansion of The Studio and the opening of The Edge high performance training room, the Danville community is invited to a ribbon cutting celebration where the Town of Danville Mayor, Mike Doyle will do the honors. Read More...
