Rittman Recreation Center Case Study

Mark Lauber, a Wharton School of Business graduate, founded Branchburg Sports Complex (BSC) in 2008 after selling his and his father’s previous venture to another company. As a lover of sports and family entertainment destinations such as Disney Land, Mark envisioned bringing the “wow-factor” that these world renowned destinations possess to the realm of sports centers. BSC is a 78,000 square foot facility consisting of four indoor turf fields, basketball courts, training center, multi-level PlayMaze, arcade with redemption center, batting cages, and a three-floor 9,000 square foot interactive fantasy-themed laser tag arena. Advertising “fun and excitement for the whole family,” Mark truly provides activities for all demographics. He

Collectively, recreation centers or gyms have had an impact upon several collective lives, effecting our sociological imagination. As an example, a whole new

Tripling monthly fees (with or without taxes) will severely influence the financial future of Snap Fitness. Current members will cancel memberships and high fees will put off potential clients. Generating new memberships strengthens the company’s profitability while increasing fees weakens the Snap Fitness financial structure.

Budgets and Planning. To begin with, the program, like the organization, fosters an open and collaborative environment for the process to take place. In this regard, it is, therefore, impossible for any one space or environment to be able to accommodate every conceivable project or application that is “thought up”. Therefore, certain perimeters and guidelines need to be established to assess costs with the program and help determine a course of action in future planning. As we are discussing costs, we assume there is a

Some people might say that building an indoor baseball, softball, and football field is a waste of money and it would be too expensive. Each day people would have to pay a certain amount of money per hour they are there, or they could get a membership. If there are tournaments, the teams have to pay to enter them. Also Eldred could have fundraisers to earn money for the fields.

The swimming pool reconstruction at Naperville North was part of a two-part renovation project, including the parking lot where the students park their cars. This two-part project ended up costing the school $4,353,142.00, according to Lamp Incorporated Construction. Obviously, the parking lot renovations were completed for the beginning of the school year in August, because if they were not there would be no space for students to park and many people would be upset. There were fewer people to complain about the swimming pool not being completed for the start of the girls swim team season, so, logically, the parking lot was the more prominent focus of the construction workers to finish for the start of the school year.

Kellogg said his vision was for the recreation center to become the social hub for the community, and he was glad to see it was done. He also thanked others who were involved in it, like former finance director Jim Bell and John Lunter and Nick Bostos for their years of service on the recreation board of directors.

Second, the customers switching costs was small. Members were likely to drop out anytime they like or renew membership. According to statistics, about 30% of members dropped out after a year and 70% members renew their yearly subscription every year. Because of this situation, the competition between the exiting competitors had become more intense. As noted before, the company should provide diverse products and addition of new programs to get back members.

The motion was to set up a contract with Romach Inc., for the beginning of development of an Outdoor Adventure Center in Smyrna. During this session, concerns were voiced by council members about the cost, even though approximately $900,000 was donated for the project. The other concern that was raised if it will generate a revenue. Though it is projected in the budget to bring some type of revenue, it will be minimal because the goal is to make it affordable for the residents. However, it is believed that it would be able to generate more revenue for area businesses, such as restaurants and department stores. The consensus is that it will increase the quality of life and bring Smyrna closer to times in comparison of other neighboring cities. The council passed the motion to continue to the next phase with a vote of 6 to

Residents will appreciate the convenience of a deluxe, state-of-the-art community fitness center, heated community swimming pool, and a luxurious 10,000 square foot clubhouse where residents will have access to a gourmet kitchen, community living room, multimedia room, and a game room. Residents can start community sports leagues to play at the clubhouse basketball courts or soccer and baseball fields. Nature lovers will enjoy the 10 acre neighborhood park, 12 miles of walking trails, and a private fishing lake.

Part of the problem with the board was that all its members were Lloyd’s golfing friends and he was viewed as “Mr. Network” (Swayne et al, 2008, p.620); one of the board members is a recovering alcoholic and his only connection was he was a product of Rosemont Center, the other board member owns many businesses that provided nonmedical supplies to Rosemont and the remaining two members were partners in the accounting firm that audited the facilities books! The reality still remains, Rosemont was in trouble and liquidation was not an option, Rosemont had to be turned around.

A branch within public facilities, public parks and recreation, attract 140 americans per year, collecting 646 billion dollars and 6.1 million jobs. However, in 2011, these facilities received 18.5 billion dollars less than needed, contributing towards the maintenance backlog that is estimated to cost 11 billion dollars (American Infrastructure Report Card). Schools, the other half of the public facilities examined in the 2013 Society of Civil Engineers report, remain neglected. The funding towards these schools continue to shrink. Although the current 10 billion dollars invested in school construction each year seems to embody a larger figure, it will cost 270 billion dollars to fully modernize and maintain our school facilities nationally (American Infrastructure Report Card). Due to the failing school and recreation systems, the Society gave the Public Facility category a

The battle continues to rage daily between club owners and their city governance. Enlisting the services of a competent, hard working lawyer ensures that if there is room to avoid zoning issues, a good lawyer will find it. Imagine being the owner of a business and finding out that you can no longer provide all the services your customers are demanding of you. How would you or I go about circumventing our current situation? One important opinion that many club owners voice is that with the decrease in club hours of operation and with the addition of clothing, clubs will bring in less revenue. This is important because now the city takes a hit in the amount of taxes that it garners from the club. Taxes that can help go to better schools possibly or an added boost to an over strapped budget, will no longer find the coffers of city government. Obviously the goal in mind for the political leaders is to keep their taxpayers and voters happy for the next election period, but is taking away from the city’s income the right avenue to take? Attorney Frank Mascagni III, who represents the club Déjà vu in Louisville said, “Due to the new ordinances, we’re going to lose another million dollars in taxes on whiskey, wine and beer and bar food, and

In todays society teens are often associated with drinking, doing drugs, and causing trouble. If a recreation center was built what would be stopping teens from bringing drugs and alcohol there? They may even be getting more teens to participate in such wreckless behavior. In the past year about 70.6% of teens have consumed alcohol and thats just highschool seniors. Also, in order to even have a recreational center you would first need an advisory committee and later a board of directors. For you to have these you would need to get voulenteers from the community to take part in these groups, which community members may not want to partake in or support. To even consider having a recreational center you would first have to see what people in the

Typically, the price of the initiation fee was several of thousands of dollars, however most customers would finance this payment and were required to pay the same amount month by month. The waited average expected membership life to was either twenty-two months for financed members or thirty-six months for cash memberships. This fee was legally enforceable and was Bally Total Fitness’ largest source of revenue.