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Bally Total Fitness takes over Planet
Bally Total Fitness has acquired eight clubs in New England from the region's largest independent fitness chain, Planet Fitness.
Seven of the clubs are already open, and an eighth is due to open later this year.
Of the eight clubs, seven - including the one which has yet to open - will be rebranded as Bally Total Fitness, while the eighth, in downtown Boston, will be converted to the company's recently acquired Crunch Fitness brand.
Bally now has 19 clubs throughout New England; in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Maine, with a total of 400 facilities across the United States and Canada.
'The addition of Planet Fitness further enhances our position as North America's leading company dedicated to health and fitness products and services,' said Lee Hillman, Bally's chairman and chief executive officer. 'We look forward to having the very skilful Planet Fitness management team and their high quality staff join our Bally family.'