Yes, people were upset the gym closed, but that's what happens when there aren't enough people willing to pay enough money to pay the bills. I wish whoever wrote the review would ask the ""good looking"" owner what else could have been done that wasn't done, what ways he would have used to ""sell"" those few people that came into the club. As for the ""a-hole"" owner - me - closing the gym meant walking away from nearly $300k (all of my 401k) invested over the last six years to keep the place open. Ask the ""good looking"" owner how much money the ""a-hole"" took from the business (average of $12k/year, so little I had to take another job to help pay the gym's expenses). Ask what part he played as an owner in figuring out what to do when the money ran out and the landlord got an eviction order. Would he have given advance notice to the members? And how would he then have paid the remaining employees when no one would buy a new membership? Ask him if there was any way to be more fair to everyone than line up another club to honor all memberships, grant privileges to instructors/trainers to fulfill their obligations to clients, secure employment for a key employee, and use all available cash to pay the dedicated and loyal staff that had made the place such a great gym to begin with. Finally, ask him how he got to be an owner; the ""a-hole"" gave him a piece of the business. And I don't see what my sister being ""loaded"" has to do with anything - or was the writer suggesting that she should have subsidized the gym for everyone's use? For that matter, I'd invite the writer to get a hip replacement then talk about what is or is not appropriate in terms of parking. As they say, don't criticize somebody till you've walked a mile in their shoes!
Pros: Lots of equipment, clean, friendly, long hours
Cons: Plaza parking
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