24 Hour Fitness

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24 Hour Fitness Sponsors U.S. Olympic Team
May 01, 2003, Fitness Business Pro
SAN RAMON, CA 24 Hour Fitness is the official sponsor of the U.S. Olympic Team in a first ever partnership by a national fitness operator. The agreement designates 24 Hour Fitness as the exclusive official fitness center of the U.S. Olympic Team through the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. The sponsorship automatically grants future 24 Hour Fitness memberships to eligible U.S. athletes training for

24 Hour Fitness Launches Shaquille O'Neal Gym
Jul 21, 2004, Fitness Business Pro

24 Hour Fitness Raises Money for Special Olympics
Jun 11, 2001, Fitness Business Pro
Sponsored by 24 Hour Fitness, the Fitness Challenge is a nationwide event, designed to raise money for Special Olympics while encouraging 24 Hour Fitness members, employees and non-members to incorporate exercise into their daily lives.

24 Hour Fitness and Andre Agassi Serve Up New Clubs
Feb 01, 2004, Fitness Business Pro
SUMMERLIN, NV 24 Hour Fitness has teamed with tennis great and Olympic Gold Medal winner Andre Agassi. The partnership includes the creation of new 24 Hour Fitness Agassi Super-Sport Clubs the first of which debuted in Agassi's Las Vegas hometown on Feb. 23. Agassi, who has long been an ambassador and advocate of fitness, will put his own on the look, feel and facilities of the new clubs, and become

24 Hour Fitness Sold
May 03, 2005, Fitness Business Pro
24 Hour Fitness Worldwide, Inc. and Forstmann Little & Co., a New York private investment firm, have signed a definitive agreement for Forstmann Little to acquire 24 Hour Fitness.

24 Hour Fitness Athletes Make U.S. Olympic Team
Feb 01, 2006, Fitness Business Pro, Pamela Kufahl
SAN RAMON, CA The four members of Team 24 Hour Fitness are competing this month in the 2006 Winter Olympics. 24 Hour Fitness, which is the official fitness center sponsor of the 2006 U.S. Olympic Team, has a partnership with the four athletes Snowboarder Gretchen Bleiler, Free Style Skier Jeremy Bloom, Downhill Skier Daron Rahlves and Speed Skater Jennifer Rodriguez. As part of the relationship, this

24 Hour Fitness Faces Suit
Dec 01, 2005, Fitness Business Pro, Amy Florence Fischbach
SAN FRANCISCO 24 Hour Fitness was recently hit with a class action lawsuit for allegedly engaging in illegal and deceptive billing practices. Jennifer Pickering, a 25-year-old legal assistant, sued the health club chain for charging her $48 for two extra months of membership fees after she quit and not reimbursing her $239 for four unused personal training sessions. The class action lawsuit seeks

24 Hour Fitness Suit Settled
Aug 01, 2007, Fitness Business Pro, Pamela Kufahl
SAN FRANCISCO Last month, the San Francisco Superior Court approved a class action settlement between 24 Hour Fitness and approximately 1.8 million current and former monthly members, according to a joint release from the law firms for both parties. The suit concerned dues charged to members after they asked to cancel their contracts. The plaintiffs alleged that 24 Hour Fitness's cancellation notice

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