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Sports Club Pays $17 Million for Racquetball World

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Sports Club Co. said Monday that it acquired Racquetball World health and fitness clubs in Fullerton, Santa Ana, Fountain Valley and Canoga Park for $17 million.

Los Angeles-based Sports Club, which operates 14 upscale health and fitness clubs under the Sports Club and Spectrum names, said $10 million of the purchase price was funded by an affiliate of Millennium LP.

Millennium acquired property underlying two of the clubs, which it will lease to the company for $1 million per year.

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The company said it provided $6.5 million through issuing the company’s common stock. Of that amount, $5 million, or 625,000 shares, was sold to Millennium Entertainment Partners and the balance was issued to the sellers.

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