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Anytime Fitness Franchisor, LLC, doing business as Anytime Fitness, is an American franchise of 24 hour health and fitness clubs that is based in Woodbury, Minnesota, United States. The company operates over 5,000 franchised locations in 50 countries. [3] In 2014, Anytime Fitness was named the top franchise of 2014 by Entrepreneur magazine. [4]
Several employees of Life Time Fitness took the firm to court for withholding wages in 2004. [9] In 2009, a court ruled in favor of employees in the case of Baden-Winterwood v. Life Time Fitness Inc. , with a judgment that employees must be paid in accordance with federal and state wage-and-hour laws which require overtime pay for hours worked ...
In 2004, 24 Hour Fitness became a sponsor of the 2004–2008 United States Olympic teams. The sponsorship grants memberships to some U.S. Olympic hopefuls, and includes upgrades to some U.S. Olympic Training Centers across the country, including renovation of the facility in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 2004 to be followed by Lake Placid, New York, and Chula Vista, California.
Life Fitness created the first computerized strength training program in 1988. [3] In 1991, Bally Total Fitness sold the company to Mancuso & Company, a private equity firm, for $62.5 million. [4] The same year, Life Fitness expanded into treadmills. Life Fitness was acquired by Brunswick Corporation in June 1997 for $310 million.
The development also includes a 108-room hotel, [5] Staybridge Suites Detroit - Novi, [11] located on the other side of Grand River Avenue from the medical office building. [12] The hotel was built for $10 million. [5] The groundbreaking occurred in late October 2006, [13] and the hotel opened in February 2008. [12]
Novi was ranked #48 on Money magazine's list of the Top 100 Best Places to Live in 2008. [15] As of January 2009 Novi has over 1,600 businesses. [16] Novi's economy includes international corporations with local and regional offices as well as owner-operated businesses serving the local area.
On July 4, 1981, Showtime began a 24-hour programming schedule (rival HBO followed suit in December of the same year). [7] In 1982, Group W Cable, a subsidiary of Westinghouse Electric Corporation (which acquired TelePrompTer the previous year), sold its 50% stake in Showtime back to Viacom for $75 million. [ 4 ]
Fox Valley. The Fox Valley—also commonly known as the Fox River Valley—is a region centered on the Fox River of Northern Illinois, along the western edges of the Chicago metropolitan area. [1]