Amerikanska kedjan Bally Total Fitness ansöker om konkurs
Associated Press rapporterar om att Bally Total Fitness, en av USAs största kedjor med fler än 3 miljoner medlemmar på 347 gym, nu för andra gången inom en period på 17 månader ansöker om konkurs och söker en köpare:
Bally Total Fitness Corp. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection on Wednesday for the second time in less than two years, hindered by debt and limited refinancing options amid the credit crunch.
The Chicago-based gym operator will use existing cash reserves to continue operating. Bally, which again filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, plans to sell itself or reorganize under Chapter 11.
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”The burden of Bally’s long-term indebtedness, coupled with the lack of refinancing options in today’s constrained credit markets, have limited our ability to restructure using out-of-court vehicles, leaving Bally with no alternative other than the actions announced today,” said Sheehan in a statement.
