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LA Fitness in Markham, Ontario, Canada. LA Fitness was founded in 1984 by founder Chinyol Yi and Louis Welch in Covina, California. [1] Through the mid-1990s, the company expanded by acquiring under-performing fitness clubs in Southern California, and by developing, opening and operating newly constructed properties.
An LA Fitness sign at a location in West Palm Beach, Florida. LA Fitness locations will be open from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. local time and Kids Klub's will be closed on Christmas Eve. Will 24-Hour ...
New England Interactive Literature - A group which promotes and organizes LARPs and LARP conventions in the New England area. [16] NERO International - Fantasy boffer combat group the United States and Canada. New Zealand Live Action Role Playing Society - An umbrella organisation created to promote and support LARP throughout New Zealand.
24 Hour Fitness was created in 1983 by Mark Mastrov.With the merger of the #2 and #3 largest fitness chains in the United States. Mastrov had been using a local gym for rehab after a knee injury, and turned the gym into a 24-hour nautilus facility after buying out the owner. [1]
[49] [88] In 2010, William Bainbridge speculated that LARP may one day evolve into a major industry in the form of location-based games using ubiquitous computing. [ 89 ] In Denmark , Østerskov Efterskole uses LARP as an educational method of teaching subjects to high school boarding students through interactivity and simulation. [ 90 ]
There are LARP communities in all the major cities, especially Auckland and Wellington, and larps regularly feature at New Zealand roleplaying conventions. KapCon in Wellington has hosted large theatre-style games since 2001. There are also now larp-only conventions - Chimera in Auckland [8] and Hydra in Wellington. These typically run both ...
Nordic LARP is a style and tradition of live action role-playing games (LARPs) centered in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland. New games premiere at the annual Knutepunkt Nordic LARP conference. [1] Gameplay draws upon acting techniques [2] and typically addresses serious and complex historical, political, and/or intellectual themes. [3]
The Darkon Wargaming Club is a non-profit battle gaming and live-action role-playing (LARP) club in the United States based in the Baltimore/Washington/Virginia area.. Founded in 1985 and built upon the rules of the now-defunct Emarthnguarth Outdoor Wargaming System, [1] Darkon grew from a handful of LARP enthusiasts to almost 2,000 members in 2005, with a small number of chapters dotting the ...