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Gold's Gym Hilliard (Columbus' First Gold's Gym With Many to Follow) Will Be Featured on Good Morning America - Monday April 23rd and Will Host Its VIP Sneak Preview Party for the Entire Hilliard Community - Sat. April 21st From 9:00AM - 7:00PM

Posted on: Friday, 20 April 2007, 09:00 CDT

On Monday morning (April 23rd), a segment of ABC-TV's Good Morning America will be broadcast live from the new Gold's Gym Hilliard. It will feature Gahanna resident Teri Davis, one of a group of "Challenge Yourself" dieters who have appeared on the program.

Gold's Gym Hilliard is hosting its VIP Sneak Preview Party open to all Gold's Gym members and the entire Hilliard Community. Free food sponsored by: Bonefish, Texas Roadhouse, Salvi's Bistro, Dave & Busters, Iacono's, Red Robin, Buffalo Wild Wings, Minute Man Pizza, Chick-Fil-A, Tim Hortons and prizes will be given away throughout the day: Complimentary Gym Memberships, Personal Training Sessions, Tanning, and over $5000.00 in Gift Certificates from the following local businesses -- Time Warner Cable (6 months free cable and Internet high speed services) -- Village Communities (golf and spa package) -- Sam's Club (42" high definition TV) - Chipotle (1000 free Chipotle burrito cards) and Sports Clips (1000 MVP hair cuts).

The unveiling of this newest state-of-the-art 58,000 square-foot fitness odyssey will be this Saturday, April 21st from 9:00AM -- 7:00PM. Its amenities include: an Indoor Swimming Pool - panoramic elevated Indoor Track -- full court basketball -- racquetball - elaborate ultra-modern Cardio areas with over 150 pieces of the newest cardio equipment with personalized Flat Screen TVs - complete Cardio Movie Cinema - innovative Group Exercise Classes including Yoga/ Pilates - Plush Locker Rooms - Dry Sauna -- Tanning -- Personal Training/Nutrition -- Smoothie Bar - Pro-Shop - The Fit Factory equipped with Child's Basketball Court, Computer Stations, movie viewing area with flat screen TV and a Floor-to-Ceiling Play Land.

Lexington-based Global Fitness is the largest Gold's Gym franchisee worldwide and ranks in the top 25 Fitness Holding Companies in North America. It has recently opened 4 Gold's Gyms with unprecedented membership sales in their Ohio Territory -- Cincinnati (West Chester), Cleveland (Crocker Park -- Westlake), Dayton (The Greene - Beavercreek) and Columbus (Hilliard).

Currently there are 15 more Gold's Gyms under construction in Global Fitness' markets including 8 in Ohio - Cincinnati (Bellevue, Kenwood and Florence, KY), Columbus (New Albany and Powell) and Cleveland (Legacy Village -- Lyndhurst and Lakewood) and Toledo; 4 new Gold's Gyms in Louisville (St. Matthews, Taylorsville Rd & Hurstbourne, Dorsey Lane & Hurstbourne and Florence, KY); and 3 in Tennessee (Memphis, Nashville and Knoxville).

Making the expansion possible is an alliance formed with Laurel Crown Partners, LLC, a Los Angeles-based private-equity firm. Royce Pulliam, CEO of Global Fitness Holdings, credited the California firm with infusing his company not only with capital but with the confidence to move forward with its growth.

Larry Paul, a partner in Laurel Crown Partners with his brother Stephen Paul, said the firm decided to invest in Global Fitness Holdings after studying the exercise business, its economics and its direction. Paul said the expansion of Global Fitness "is not capital-constrained in any way and we look forward to bringing a premium product to these outstanding communities."

Source: Business Wire

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