Judge Orders Gold's Gym in East Greenwich Shut, Liquidated

UPDATE: JUDGE ORDERS GYM REOPENED. CLICK HERE.

EAST GREENWICH, RI—A Superior Court judge has ordered the Gold’s Gym in East Greenwich closed, effective 11 p.m. Tuesday, after the struggling business went into receivership.

Judge Brian Stern on Tuesday ordered the gym closed and its assets liquidated after appointing Theodore Orson, a Providence lawyer, receiver.

The business owners, Barry H. Field, Michael J. Field and Marla E. Director, asked the court to put the business into receivership after it became insolvent. Stern agreed last Friday.

Many customers of the gym found out about the closure on social media and said they were not notified. In fact, the gym posted the East Greenwich location’s holiday hours on Facebook just last week.

“I just joined your East Greenwich gym and now it’s closing,” said Mark Letarte on Twitter to @goldsgym. “How do I end my contract then?”

Some speculated that the gym struggled to compete against the newly-opened LA Fitness on Bald Hill Road.

The company that ran the gym, Sally Fitness, Inc., also operates a Gold’s Gym in Pawtucket.

Many customers were asking the gym’s owners on Facebook how they can cancel or get their money back.

Does the closure affect you? Send an email to mark.schieldrop@patch.com

Photo via Gold’s Gym on Facebook.