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Bally Total Fitness is an American fitness club chain which operates three gyms as of March 2015. In November 2011, Bally sold 171 Bally locations to competitor L.A. Fitness. In April 2012, Bally sold an additional 39 facilities to Blast Fitness. In December 2014, Bally sold most of their remaining gyms (an additional 32) to competitor 24 Hour Fitness. At its 2007 peak, prior to the filing of the first of two Chapter 11 bankruptcies, Bally operated nearly 440 facilities located in 29 U.S. states, Mexico, Canada, South Korea, China, and the Caribbean under the Bally Total Fitness, Crunch Fitness, Gorilla Sports, Pinnacle Fitness, Bally Sports Clubs, and Sports Clubs of Canada brands. The company's headquarters are located in Chicago, Illinois. As a result of Bally Technologies's acquisition by Scientific Games Corporation in 2014 to which it uses the Bally name under a licensing agreement and Williams shuttering their headquarters in Chicago the following year in June to Scientific's new global corporate headquarters in Las Vegas in which Bally Technologies already has its headquarters in that city, it is the last-surviving non-gambling ex-subsidiary of the original Bally Manufacturing company and the last-remaining former Bally division to exist as an independent company (excluding Bally Wulff and Bally France) to continue using the Bally name and also the last-remaining non-gambling descendant (Bally, Williams, or Midway Games) to remain headquartered in Chicago. It is also the last-remaining former Bally division to remain headquartered in Chicago as well as the last-surviving all-ages-friendly division to bear the Bally name as the gambling division is deemed inappropriate for children or any humans under the age of 21. ==History== In 1983, slot-machine maker Bally Manufacturing purchased Health and Tennis Corporation of America and Lifecycle, an exercise bike manufacturer. In 1987, it was the world's largest owner and operator of fitness centers. It further expanded with the purchase of the American Fitness Centers and Nautilus Fitness Centers, which were once connected to Vic Tanny and Jack LaLanne. The various brands were consolidated under the Bally Total Fitness brand in 1995. In 1996, it was spun from its casino-owning parent. In May 1998, it was listed on the New York Stock Exchange trading under the ticker symbol of BFT. The company carried $300 million in debt at the time of its initial public offering. Paul Toback, a former White House aide in the Clinton administration who joined Bally as a corporate development officer in 1997, was named Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in December 2002, immediately after predecessor Lee Hillman resigned. On November 18, 2011, Bally Total Fitness announced the sale of 171 of its clubs located in 16 states and the District of Columbia to an affiliate of LA Fitness for $153 million. In February 2012, it sold the Toledo Airport Road club to Red Fitness 24/7. In April 2012, Bally sold an additional 39 facilities to Blast Fitness. Blast Fitness has begun operating the new facilities under their own name in stages, transitioning entirely away from the Bally's name. Those two sales left Bally with 44 locations, 27 of them in the New York area, 8 in the San Francisco area, 1 in Louisiana and 8 in Colorado.〔 After the LA Fitness transaction, Bally had approximately 800,000 members; the sale allowed Bally to retire its corporate debt.〔 All of the clubs in the Cleveland area were sold to Red Fitness 24/7, effective December 31, 2012. Some employees received termination notices the same day. The number of clubs still in the Bally chain continues to dwindle. For example, the Bally Total Fitness location in Danville, California closed on June 22, 2012 and reopened as ''Danville Fit''. The former Bally club in Colorado Springs, CO changed ownership in June 2014, and became (Voretex Fitness ). In December 2014, 32 locations located in New York, New Jersey, Denver, and San Francisco Bay Area are acquired by 24 Hour Fitness. The Greece, N.Y. location closed without notice on December 30, 2014. As of January 2015, both former locations in Greece and Colorado Springs remain listed on the Bally Total Fitness website.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bally Total Fitness - Find a Club )〕 As of March 15, Bally is down to 3 locations in NYC〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Bally Total Fitness - Find a Club )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bally Total Fitness」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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