November 2, 2026 - 6:01 am

24 Hour Fitness founder Mark Mastrov is opening a new gym, with a new brand, in Las Vegas.

His fitness chain on Friday announced plans to open a workout spot called Founders Club early next year at the northeast corner of Sahara Avenue and Fort Apache Road, in the space previously occupied by an Ashley furniture store .

On Friday, workers using a scissor lift installed a big “Coming Soon” banner for Founders Club by 24 Hour Fitness above the main entrance.

24 Hour Fitness currently has only one location in Southern Nevada — off Town Center Drive at Summerlin Parkway — and Mastrov recently told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that his team signed a lease for another outpost in the valley, though at the time he declined to say where.

Overall, the new gym marks an expansion effort by a well-known fitness chain that, under prior ownership, closed all but one of its Las Vegas-area locations after the pandemic hit.

‘Designed for people who want to get after it’

Founders Club, at 9200…