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Two years ago, Jeffrey Scott left a 25-year career in financial services to open a gym on Minneapolis North Side, where he went to high school.
Now, after a second state-ordered shutdown of fitness centers to fight coronavirus, Scott s gym is facing grim prospects. It s once again devolving to the point where I honestly don t know whether we ll survive it, he said.
With Minnesota s 800 gyms closed at least through next week and Gov. Tim Walz expected on Monday to say whether they will stay closed into January many other fitness club owners and operators fear long-term damage.
When the coronavirus arrived this spring, Walz ordered businesses that draw large groups of people, like restaurants and fitness centers, to close from mid-March through early June. As virus cases surged last month, Walz on Nov. 18 ordered another closure for at least four weeks.