{"id":149,"date":"2014-12-19T00:00:47","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T05:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/?p=149"},"modified":"2015-02-04T00:16:11","modified_gmt":"2015-02-04T05:16:11","slug":"planet-fitness-rings-in-the-new-year-as-the-official-fitness-sponsor-of-times-squares-new-years-eve-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/chains\/planet-fitness-rings-in-the-new-year-as-the-official-fitness-sponsor-of-times-squares-new-years-eve-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"Planet Fitness Rings In The New Year As The Official Fitness Sponsor Of Times Square\u2019s New Year\u2019s Eve Celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Planet-Fitness-300x358.jpg\" alt=\"Planet Fitness\" width=\"300\" height=\"358\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-150\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Planet-Fitness-300x358.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Planet-Fitness-200x238.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Planet-Fitness-800x954.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/Planet-Fitness.jpg 839w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Planet Fitness<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEWINGTON, NH<\/strong> \u2013 Planet Fitness, the innovative health club franchise known for its Judgement Free Zone and affordable prices, is joining the biggest party of the year, Times Square\u2019s New Year\u2019s Eve celebration. As the official fitness sponsor of the event, 25,000 spectators in Times Square will receive Planet Fitness-branded mittens to keep their hands warm during the final countdown to the New Year. The brand will also be featured on \u201cDick Clark&#8217;s New Year&#8217;s Rockin&#8217; Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2015,&#8221; with show co-host Jenny McCarthy leading the crowd in a special Planet Fitness New Year\u2019s Eve cheer to be featured on air.<\/p>\n<p>In anticipation of the big night, Planet Fitness will launch a Twitter voting campaign that invites consumers to use #PlanetAnythingsPossible to vote on lines to be included in the cheer led by Jenny McCarthy in Times Square. Participants who vote on their favorite cheer line between December 18th and December 29th will be automatically entered into a sweepstakes for a chance to win a PF Black Card\u00ae membership for themselves and a friend. Five winners will be selected at random. Sweepstakes rules can be found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.PlanetFitnessTwitterSweeps.com\" title=\"www.PlanetFitnessTwitterSweeps.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.PlanetFitnessTwitterSweeps.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cDick Clark&#8217;s New Year&#8217;s Rockin&#8217; Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2015&#8243; bi-coastal celebration will include hours of special performances and reports on New Year\u2019s Eve celebrations from around the globe. The Times Square New Year\u2019s Eve Celebration is broadcast to viewers and can be seen LIVE on ABC at 8pm ET\/PT.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled to be a part of this celebration and what an amazing way to celebrate 2014 and kick off 2015,\u201d said Planet Fitness Chief Executive Officer, Chris Rondeau. \u201cNew Year\u2019s Eve gives people the opportunity to reflect on the past year and get excited for the possibilities that lie ahead. We invite everyone to jumpstart their New Year by experiencing our Judgement Free Zone and pursuing their health and fitness goals \u2013 whether big or small \u2013 with us in the New Year. At Planet Fitness, anything is truly possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo many New Year\u2019s Eve resolutions surround personal health, so I\u2019m particularly thrilled about our partnership with Planet Fitness for New Year\u2019s Eve 2015,\u201d said Tim Tompkins, President of the Times Square Alliance. \u201cAs we reflect on the year past and look to a better year ahead, collectively we will celebrate our goals for better health.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are super excited to cheer in the New Year with Planet Fitness in Times Square,\u201d added Jeffrey Straus, President, Countdown Entertainment. \u201cFor the first time, we will wave goodbye to 2014 and begin 2015 with a message of fun and fitness at the biggest New Year&#8217;s Eve party on the planet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith Planet Fitness as our official broadcast fitness sponsor for this year\u2019s telecast, audiences around the globe will kick off the new year with Planet Fitness\u2019 message of health and happiness,\u201d said Greg Economou, Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer for dick clark productions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NEWINGTON, NH<\/strong> \u2013 Planet Fitness, the innovative health club franchise known for its Judgement Free Zone and affordable prices, is joining the biggest party of the year, Times Square\u2019s New Year\u2019s Eve celebration. As the official fitness sponsor of the event, 25,000 spectators in Times Square will receive Planet Fitness-branded mittens to keep their hands warm during the final countdown to the New Year. The brand will also be featured on \u201cDick Clark&#8217;s New Year&#8217;s Rockin&#8217; Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2015,&#8221; with show co-host Jenny McCarthy leading the crowd in a special Planet Fitness New Year\u2019s Eve cheer to be featured on air.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":150,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[25],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149\/revisions\/154"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}