Planet Fitness announced the grand opening for its new club in Elizabethton on September 15. The new Planet Fitness located at 791 West Elk Avenueopened last month and is open seven days a week, Monday at midnight through Friday at 9PM and 7AM – 7PM on weekends. The grand opening will kick off with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 1:00 p.m with the Planet Fitness team, representatives from the Elizabethton Carter County Chamber of Commerce and local officials. After the ribbon cutting, the celebration will pick back up with an after-party from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m and include food trucks from Smokey Dawggs Gourmet Hot Dog Co. and Southern Craft BBQ, where guests can purchase food. There will be fun giveaways including and two lucky raffle winners will go home with 2 tickets to the UT vs. South Alabama game in Knoxville on November 20th. There will also be radio remotes with WXSM AM 640 and WQUT 101.5. Other local vendors, including Titan Nutrition and The Coffee Shop, will also be present during the event. There will also be yard games for all to participate in and firetrucks will be on display for any kids. Planet Fitness' top priority remains keeping its members and employees safe. Members will see first-hand the enhanced safety and sanitization protocol at its well-ventilated and spacious clubs, such as: Touchless check-in using the free Planet Fitness App, A Crowd Meter feature on the Planet Fitness App and website so members can check club capacity in real-time before heading to the gym, Increased sanitization every 20 minutes to continually clean and sanitize high-touch areas, Social Fitnessing™ in which some cardio machines and equipment are marked out of use so members have ample space and separation for physical distancing, Mask policies in accordance with local and state requirements.