From a temple of cinema to a temple of fitness. The new Virgin Active club is born on the ashes of the former Maestoso di Milano. The gymnasium, the 14th in the city, will in fact rise in piazzale Lodi where the historic Milanese cinema once stood, now closed for over ten years.
“The inauguration of Virgin Active Milano Piazzale Lodi, this is the name of the new Milanese fitness village, is scheduled for November 14 and the promise is to restore the style and charm of the 1930s to respect the historical memory of a place of worship Milanese “, reads a note from the company.
“The club – announced by Virgin – will cover an area of 3,300 square meters on three floors, dedicated to the well-being of body and mind, with two terraces, a 25-meter swimming pool, a restaurant bar and obviously rooms and training areas, such as the gym floor, the active studio, the cross active studio, the yoga and pilates reformer studio, the grid training area, the boxing studio, the cycle studio and a relaxation area with hydromassage, sauna and Turkish bath “.
“Even in the most difficult moments we have never stopped betting on this city in constant transformation and our 14 Milanese clubs testify to this”, the comment of Alessandro Garibaldi, communication director of Virgin Active. “To give a new life to such a beloved historic building, it was a bet that we proudly accepted and we are sure that our efforts, commitment and the economic induced that an opening moves, will help to strengthen an ever deeper relationship with the city and – he concluded – lovers of fitness “.