(KCBS AM) — Bay Area-based 24 Hour Fitness is applying for bankruptcy and closing more than a hundred gyms. But do fitness industry experts expect this to be the beginning of a trend?
Meredith Poplar is with URSA (IHRSA), the health club trade association, and she told KCBS Radio that this has been a very hard time for clubs and gyms.
“It’s not the first company to declare bankruptcy, and it won’t be the last, but I wouldn’t call it a trend,” she said.
Poplar does add that it does depend on the clubs’ ability to get financial assistance.
“Unless they get financial relief from Congress or from their landlords and so forth, we estimate that there will be a substantial number of clubs that will close,” she said. “However, most of the ones that we have spoken to are confident that they will be able to remain open.”
Success at a time like this may partially rely on your size, said Josh Levy, the Founder and CEO of the Association of Fitness Studios.
“The ‘big box’ facilities, as we like to call them, are going to have a much harder time, in our opinion, bouncing back than the fitness studios,” he said. “And that’s mainly because of the physical footprint that they have and all the processes they have to implement to keep their members safe.”
Levy said that promising members a safe and sanitary environment is what will not only bring members back, but also attract new ones. He added that a gym’s ability to pivot and monetize online classes will also be key.
“Online virtual training is here to stay and it’s going to be here to stay for a long, long time,” Levy said.
See the full list of 24 Hour Fitness gyms closing below.
California
850 Tennant Station, Morgan Hill, CA 95037
1519 Gateway Blvd, Fairfield, CA 94533
4300 Sonoma Blvd, Vallejo, CA 94589
140A Alamo Plaza, Alamo, CA 94507
3951 Alemany Blvd, San Francisco, CA 94132
1775 Solano Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94707
375A North Capitol Avenue, San Jose, CA 95133
35630 Fremont Boulevard, Fremont, CA 94536
2145 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94114
301 Jacklin Road, Milpitas, CA 95035
3800 24th Street, San Francisco, CA 94114
350 Bay Street, San Francisco, CA 94133
2033 N. Main Street, Walnut Creek, CA 94596
3633 Rosedale Highway, Bakersfield, CA 93308
4302 Gosford Road, Bakersfield, CA 93313
505 S. Flower Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071
240 North Brand Blvd, Glendale, CA 91203
12120 Carson Street, Hawaiian Gardens, CA 90716
9750 Central Avenue, Montclair, CA 91763
23750 Alessandro Blvd, Moreno Valley, CA 92553
1335 Rancho Vista Blvd, Palmdale, CA 93551
465 North Halstead Street, Pasadena, CA 91107
2350 Tapo Street, Simi Valley, CA 93063
1422 Azusa Avenue, West Covina, CA 91791
1417 Second Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401
16200 Bear Valley Road, Victorville, CA 92395
400 W. Disney Way, Suite 94, Anaheim, CA 92802
1600 Adams Avenue, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
18305 Brookhurst Street, Fountain Valley, CA 92708
517 Spectrum Center Drive, Irvine, CA 92618
25252 McIntyre Street, Suite A, Laguna Hills, CA 92653
18007 Von Karman Avenue, Irvine, CA 92612
6731 Westminster Blvd., Westminster, CA 92683
3137 West Benjamin Holt Drive, Stockton, CA 95219
1090 North Main Street, Manteca, CA 95336
5114 Arden Way, Carmichael, CA 95608
40396 Murrieta Hot Springs Road, Murrieta, CA 92563
27520 Ynez Road, Temecula, CA 92591
320 Third Avenue, Chula Vista, CA 91910
7680 Girard Avenue, La Jolla, CA 92037
641 S. Rancho Sante Fe Road, San Marcos, CA 92078
324 Sycamore Avenue, Vista, CA 92083
Colorado
7720 N. Academy Blvd., Colorado Springs, CO 80920
3001 South 23rd Avenue, Greeley, CO 80631
4100 South Parker Road, Aurora, CO 80014
1450 South Abilene Street, Aurora, CO 80012
360 South Teller Street, Lakewood, CO 80226
4650 W 120th Avenue, Broomfield, CO 80020
2770 South Colorado Blvd, Denver, CO 80222
3435 S. Inca Street, Englewood, CO 80110
460 South College Avenue, Fort Collins, CO 80524
333 Dad Clark Drive, Highlands Ranch, CO 80126
2650 W. Belleview Avenue, Suite #100, Littleton, CO 80123
11798 Oswego Street, Englewood, CO 80112
6839 South Vine Street, Centennial, CO 80122
Florida
1775 North Congress Avenue, Boynton Beach, FL 33426
6846 Forest Hills Blvd., Greenacres, FL 33413
20851 Dixie Drive Highway, Miami, FL 33189
8400 Mills Drive, Miami, FL 33183
2982 Grand Avenue, Miami, FL 33133
8333 Pines Blvd., Pembroke Pines, FL 33024
15 West Crystal Lake Street, Orlando, FL 32806
Hawaii
150 Hana Highway, Kahului, HI 96732
Illinois
560 S. Schmale Road, Carol Stream, IL 60188
141 N Barrington Road Schaumburg, Schaumburg, IL 60194
Maryland
200 Harker Place, Annapolis, MD 21401
9450 Ruby Lockhart Blvd, Lanham, MD 20706
New Jersey
918 Bergen Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 7306
459 Route 17, Hasbrouck Heights, NJ 7604
1327 Centennial Avenue, Piscataway, NJ 8854
189 US Highway 46, Saddle Brook, NJ 7663
133 Route 23, Wayne, NJ 7470
30 Sylvan Way, Parsippany, NJ 7054
1624 Saint Georges Avenue, Avenel, NJ 7001
Nevada
4480 E. Charleston Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89104
2893 North Green Valley Parkway, Henderson, NV 89014
4440 E. Tropicana Avenue, Las Vegas, NV 89121
100 City Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89106
2106 W. Craig Road, North Las Vegas, NV 89032
601 S. Rainbow Blvd., Las Vegas, NV 89145
9875 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89183
5035 W. Tropicana Avenue, Las Vegas, NV 89103
6155 Neil Road, Reno, NV 89511
New York
1675 Sunrise Hwy, Bay Shore, NY 11706
1921 86th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11214
945 Kings Highway, Brooklyn, NY 11223
225 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010
941 Carmans Road, Massapequa, NY 11758
153 East 53rd Street, New York, NY 10022
1728 Sheepshead Bay Road, Brooklyn, NY 11235
2503 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10468
298 West 231st, Bronx, NY 10463
589 Tuckahoe Road, Yonkers, NY 10710
Oregon
4145 SW Watson Ave, Beaverton, OR 97005
Texas
13802 N Hwy 183, Austin, TX 78750
12400 N IH- 35 Svc. Road Southbound, Austin, TX 78753
1208 N Interstate 35 Ste 300, Round Rock, TX 7868
213 North Highway 67, Cedar Hill, TX 75104
2100 Plaza Parkway, Bedford, TX 76021
3050 North Josey Lane, Suite 110, Carrollton, TX 75007
7622 Campbell Road, Dallas, TX 75248
3865 Preston Road, Frisco, TX 75034
2407 West Airport Freeway, Irving, TX 75062
5901 Golden Triangle, Fort Worth, TX 76244
724 West Main Street, Lewisville, TX 75067
5706 E. Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, TX 75206
6601 Northeast Loop 820, North Richland Hills, TX 76180
4600 West Park Blvd., Plano, TX 75093
7068 FM-1960 East, Humble, TX 77346
12708 Northwest Freeway, Houston, TX 77092
130 West Parkwood Avenue, Friendswood, TX 77546
19734 Saums Road, Houston, TX 77084
21614 Tomball Parkway, Houston, TX 77070
4425 FM 1960 West, Houston, TX 77068
1550 S. Mason Road, Katy, TX 77450
2765 Gulf Freeway South, League City, TX 77573
5946 Fairmont Parkway, Pasadena, TX 77505
5721 Westheimer Road, Houston, TX 77057
25632 Highway 290, Cypress, TX 77429
10860 Kuykendahl Road, The Woodlands, TX 77381
Utah
1121 East Ashton Ave, Salt Lake City, UT 84106
5684 South 900 East, Murray, UT 84121
5766 South 1900 West, Taylorsville, UT 84129
10365 South 1300 East, Sandy, UT 84094
Virginia
1500 Cornerside Blvd, Vienna, VA 22182
Washington
2913 NE 72nd Drive, Vancouver, WA 98661
621 Black Lake Blvd., Olympia, WA 98502
915 Auburn Way North, Auburn, WA 98002
20202 Ballinger Way NE, Space A-10, Seattle, WA 98155
11014 19th Ave SE, Suite #4, Everett, WA 98208
12922 SE Kent Kangley Road, Kent, WA 98030
5919 Lakewood Towne Center Blvd, Suite K, Lakewood, WA 98499
307 37th Avenue, Puyallup, WA 98374
4110 NE 4th Street, Suite B, Renton, WA 98059
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