Washington Sports Club is taking orders and giving tours. I called to ask about the actual opening and was told June 1st, with hours of operation expected to be from 7AM until 10PM.
Alas, still another month before the stair-climbing begins, but at least it will be open before the sweltering DC summer hits hard. Though I must take issue with a 7AM opening time. Is there any gym in DC that opens that late? Most gyms start their classes as early as 5:30AM (U Street Results, for example). Hopefully that's just the soft launch?
Here's the email they sent out to those who registered for updates on the WSC website:
Hello Spud Lite,
Thank you for joining our WSC at Columbia Heights VIP list. We would like to let you know that we will be starting the pre-sale season tomorrow Monday April 21st from 9:00AM to 9:00PM. Also, let your friends and family know about this great news. Please email me back or call me at 202 986 2281 to make an appointment and give you a tour of the facilities or if you have any questions.
Thank you in advance and looking forward to hear from you,
Gonzalo Perez-Tamayo
General Manager
Columbia Heights-WSC
Update: The WSC hours should be better than I thought. Rumor has it the open time on weekdays will be 5:30AM, not 7:00AM as I was initially told.
Hello Spud Lite,
Thank you for joining our WSC at Columbia Heights VIP list. We would like to let you know that we will be starting the pre-sale season tomorrow Monday April 21st from 9:00AM to 9:00PM. Also, let your friends and family know about this great news. Please email me back or call me at 202 986 2281 to make an appointment and give you a tour of the facilities or if you have any questions.
Thank you in advance and looking forward to hear from you,
Gonzalo Perez-Tamayo
General Manager
Columbia Heights-WSC
Update: The WSC hours should be better than I thought. Rumor has it the open time on weekdays will be 5:30AM, not 7:00AM as I was initially told.
4 comments:
Any idea what the rates are?
Someone emailed in and told us the pre-sale is as good as $50 fee and $50/month.
Hi! Nice Blog!
I was there yesterday for a tour- they are doing a special this week (while supplies last! Sign up now!) of $49/month with a year long contract. Sadly, I am married to a military man and we'll be moving before a year is up, so when I asked about month to month rates, I learned that the fee then is $80/month, plus about $150 joining fee, THEN about $50 for a membership cancellation fee when I wanted to end the membership. To which I said, "no thanks." (Oh- I think there was also some sort of "processing fee" for the trouble of charging my account on a month to month basis...
BUT---The guy giving my tour said that they'd be open M-F at 5:30 AM, perhaps a bit later on the weekends.
So- if I were planning to live in the DC area for a year or more, I totally would have signed up on the spot. But alas, it is not for me. Back to the Takoma Rec Center :) (You have to bring your own towel, but the price is right!)
I was just there yesterday evening and they also said hours would be from 5:30am to 11pm. Also, the pre-sale was only for the first 500 people and apparently they were nearing that number when I signed up around 7pm. I didn't really want to wait until June, the that presale was a sweet deal--less that what I was paying at the YWCA and much closer to home. If you sign up now, they said you can use the non-home gyms during off-peak hours, though I haven't tried yet, obviously.
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