soy miembro de bally por mucho tiempo, pero el de 1628 n el centro en hollywood es un lugar muy sucio me refiero a los locker da pena poner uno su ropa y sus pertenencias dentro de ellos no entiendo como gastan tando dinero en publicidad y no solucionan los problemas dentro del club. Lo mas curioso que an dos ocaciones se los hice saber y ni siquiera toman importancia los encargados de alli parese que no les importa las quejas de los usuarios, despues fui a otros ballys y hay mucha diferencia a la limpieza tanto en lo que a lockers como en la picina y los saunas. bueno que lastima que un lugar como el de hollywood no lo tengan bien limpio y que las quejas no la tomen en cuenta. ponganse las pilas senores managers no se la pasen sentados revisen que todo este bien..gracias

Never in my life have i ever felt compelled, for any reason, to write an online review for a gym or any other facility for that matter. However, the Hollywood Bally's has pushed me to new heights; not with exercise or a an enabling of physical fitness, but with a sheer, unadulterated lack of interest in making this a decent gym. It's tough to know where to start, the filthy machines, the boogers that have somehow found themselves on every railing and handle in the entire building. I feel as if the locker room is an appropriate place to begin. I can only speak for the men's locker room and for all i know, the women's side of things could be a fantastically clean area. However, i can tell you that the entire men's locker room smells horribly of feces and urine (i suspect this has something to do with the feces and urine on the floor of the restrooms). Lockers boast abandoned gym attire that has managed to grow an aroma so pungent that it nearly overpowers the smell of human waste in certain corners. The locker units have been placed far too close to one anther, creating a nearly corridor nearly impossible to navigate.
The locker room notwithstanding, the gym itself only adequately serves as a petri dish for Hollywood's best and brightest communicative diseases. No one wipes off the machines, i have gotten pink eye (seriously, pink eye) twice after trips to the gym. The pool is totally out of the question as it's a green cesspool of bacteria and sadness. If you can somehow manage to get through your gym experience, you are only met with an overly crowded parking garage of which you have to pay for. This is, ultimately, what sent me into this frenzy of blinding anger. Costumers must purchase parking tokens to exit the parking lot. Upon my last trip, no employee would give me change to buy the tokens. I would understand the resistance if i were a weirdo off the street but when you go to the gym juice bar, the gym store and the front desk and they all tell you you're out of luck, something is wrong here.

Despite all of the problems with the gym, Bally's biggest offense comes from it's corporate policy. A membership at Bally's must, at all cost, be avoided. It is extremely important that everyone considering a membership to Bally's understand, unequivocally, what happens when you sign on the dotted line. They will tell you that you can cancel your membership for a fee of $50. This is, in no uncertain terms, false and misleading. The $50 cancellation is only applicable if you move to a location without a Bally's within 25 miles or you procure a doctor's note. So, if you are like me and loath this gym more than the DMV and dentist combined, you're totally out of luck. The only option is to pay for the membership in it's entirety. Which, really, isn't an option at all as you're paying for your membership either way.

Unless you're looking to pay for disappointment, don't make my mistake avoid this gym.

I am a Ballys member for 5+ years at the same Hollywood location.No comparison with other Ballys. Studio City small and outdated, Encino very old and stinky, North Hollywood ok, but Hollywood is much better. Pool area excellent, sauna great, jaccuzi fine. Gym equipment new and in a good working condition.What I don't like about Hollywood location is a mens room. Lockers are old, some doors are broken, restroom too small for such a big club, shower cabins are dirty and needs to be cleaned more often.Recently company fired a cleaning people. Very, very bed idea. Nobody maintaining a floor (vacuuming and cleaning linoleum as it is use to be. One day I will definitely call Health department.

I've been going to this location for about 2 yrs now, no it is not true about latino hang outs, yes it is true about customer service sometime is more like they love to ignore you, yes is true the machines are in great quality, great place for seniors to come and do their therapies, great place for youngsters too, great workouts at the main room, and a lovely indoor track, great option of snack area, and other events that they might have going on. Unfortunatly, i've also been in 24 hrs fitness under the super sports club membership and it is very much the same except they don't have snack area, jogging track, but they do have a basketball court, faster elevators for whoever needs it, in bally's it is mandatory for you to bring a cloth towel to wipe off your sweat from the machines well in 24 hr fitness they provide you w/ a towel even one for the pool too. As money goes, well i do know that if the recruiter needs to get more people he/she will give you a great discount. Just like mine that's why i'm still here. Something i can't stand is the parking fee, this is the only gym that does that. The solution, i got myself a bike.

I've been going here for about 10 years, or longer, it's much better.than it used to be..any gym is good as long as you mind your own business and do your own routine, what you need is that they clean the machines and pool, and keep up the exercise classes, etc. This isn't the best gym in the world, but it certainly isn't the worst either. It is much cleaner than it used to be, and I love their indoor track, most gyms don't have that. If you go during the day, it's a lot less crowded, of course.

Anyway, I think that Latino Gang comment made by some other poster boarded on being racist. Some people see a few Latinos and that's all it takes. I've never been hassled there at all, in all these years. This gym has a good variety of machines and classes as well.