Bally Total Fitness Acquires San Diego Fitness Centers; Latest Acquisition Doubles Bally's Presence in the San Diego Market.Business Editors CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 11, 2000 Bally Total Fitness Bally Total Fitness is an American health club chain with 400 gyms in 70 cities, and claims 4 million customers [1]. The chain has recently opened gyms in South Korea, China & the Bahamas. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :BFT (Binary File Transfer) An extension to the fax protocol that allows transmission of raw data. A page of text is transmitted faster than a bitmap of the page and is displayed at normal printer resolution at the receiving side. ) today announced it has acquired a three-club group of fitness centers in the greater San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. area, doubling the number of clubs operated by Bally in this market. The clubs are located in the San Marcos San Marcos (săn mär`kəs). 1 City (1990 pop. 38,974), San Diego co., S Calif., a northern suburb of San Diego; settled 1880s, inc. 1963. , Vista and Scripps Ranch areas of northern San Diego County. This latest acquisition brings to 27 the number of clubs acquired by Bally in the past 12 months and continues the Company's strategic program for measured growth in key areas initiated two years ago. Bally Total Fitness is the largest commercial operator of fitness centers in North America with approximately 4 million members and 365 facilities located in major metropolitan areas in 27 states and Canada. With more than 120 million annual visits by members to its fitness centers, Bally Total Fitness provides a unique platform for distribution of products and services to active, fitness-conscious adult consumers. |
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