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Making News
Clark Hatch ‘Tells All’ in New Autobiography
LVAC shines in Las Vegas LVAC Wins ‘Best of Las Vegas’ for 17th Time!
Recently, the Las Vegas Athletic Clubs (LVAC), a six-club chain based in Las Vegas, Nevada, took top honors again. The company won the Las Vegas Review-Journal’s “Best Workout Place” in the “Best of Las Vegas” readers’ poll for the fifth consecutive year—and for the 17th time in 20 years! “When you offer the best value in the business, people show their appre-
ciation by rewarding you,” observes Bret FitzGerald, LVAC’s vice president of corporate communications. “Winning the ‘Best of Las Vegas’ is a big deal to us because it shows that our members have an affinity for us. In the Las Vegas market, we compete against SNAP, Gold’s Gym, Anytime Fitness, 24 Hour Fitness—all worthy competitors with a national or, in some cases, a global presence.” —|
Club Openings
Sport&Health Unveils New Premier Property in Virginia
Sport&Health Clubs, the largest operator of health clubs and day spas in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area, has added another impressive property to its portfolio. The company recently opened a new, multi-million-dollar, 38,000-square-foot facility in Brambleton Town Center, a luxury residential and retail community in Ashburn, Virginia. The new club boasts indoor and outdoor swimming pools;
an open floor plan, featuring more than 100 pieces of cardio equipment with personal entertainment systems; circuit training; free weights; dedicated group-exercise studios; virtual cycling; and yoga and Pilates. Additional amenities include a Smoothie bar, WiFi café, basketball court, and Kidz Klub. “We’ve cre-
New gym in Brambleton 28 Club Business Internat ional
ated a club that will serve as the benchmark for our future facili- ties,” says Mark Fisher, the presi- dent and CEO. —|
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ihrsa.org Crunch Adds to its San Francisco Bay Portfolio
Crunch, the club company best known for its his- tory of innovation and irreverence, has acquired two additional West Coast locations, in Redwood City and San Mateo, California. Crunch Redwood City, a 21,000-square-foot facility, offers the
Crunch extends its brand in Bay area
unique Crunch-brand fitness programming, cardio and resistance training machines, personal training, group-fitness studios, sauna, steam room, and hot tub. Crunch San Mateo boasts two levels of cardio and weight training equipment, the Kinesis Personal Fitness system, an abs and stretch area, group fitness studios, personal training, sleek locker rooms, and more. “We couldn’t be happier to add these two incredible locations
to the Crunch family and to be expanding our brand’s already impressive footprint in the San Francisco Bay area,” notes Jim Rowley, Crunch’s CEO and cofounder of New Evolution Fitness Company (NEFC), which owns the chain. —|
Clark Hatch, an industry pioneer and accomplished entrepreneur in the Asian market, tells how he did it in his new autobiogra- phy, Clark Hatch: Fitness Ambassador to Asia. In the book, he chronicles his career, from his humble beginnings working on a Minnesota soybean farm, to how, beginning in 1965, he established more than 120 state-of-the-art fitness facilities in 14 countries. Today, there are still 50 clubs operating
under the Clark Hatch brand in major cities throughout Asia and Asia-Pacific. Most of them are located in hotels belonging to luxury chains, such as Hilton, Sheraton, Sofitel, and Inter- Continental, and range in size from 4,500 to 40,000 square feet. —|
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Clark Hatch: Fitness Ambassador to Asia is available for purchase by logging on to
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