Exhibit 3.73
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
of
BALLY FITNESS CLUBS, INC.
under Section 805 of the Business Corporation Law
We, the undersigned, the vice-president and secretary respectively of BALLY
FITNESS CLUBS, INC., hereby certify:
1. The name of the corporation is BALLY FITNESS CLUBS, INC.
2. The certificate of incorporation was filed by the Department of State
on May 13, 1985.
3. The certificate of incorporation is amended as follows:
To change the corporate name. Paragraph One of the certificate is
amended to read:
"1. The name of the corporation is MANHATTAN SPORTS CLUB, INC."
4. The above amendment to the certificate of incorporation was authorized
by unanimous vote of the Board of Directors and by the vote of the sole
shareholder of all of the issued and outstanding shares of the corporation.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have executed this certificate this 26th day of
August, 1987.
s/ Michael Lucci
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Michael Lucci
Vice-President
s/ Israel G. Seeger
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Israel G. Seeger
Secretary
STATE OF NEW YORK )
) SS.:
COUNTY OF NEW YORK )
ISRAEL G. SEEGER, being duly sworn, deposes and says that he is the
secretary of BALLY FITNESS CLUBS, INC., the corporation, and one of the persons
who signed the foregoing certificate of amendment, that he has read the
certificate of amendment and knows the contents thereof, and that the same is
true to his knowledge.
/s/ Israel G. Seeger
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Israel G. Seeger
Secretary
Sworn to before me this
26th day of August, 1987
/s/ William E. Seeger
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NOTARY PUBLIC
WILLIAM E. SEEGER
Notary Public, State of New York
No. 4512922
Qualified in Westchester County
Commission Expires June 30, 1989
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CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION
OF
Bally Fitness Clubs, Inc.
under Section 402 of the Business Corporation Law
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Filed By:
Miller & Seeger
Office and Post Office Address
60 East 42nd Street
New York, New York 10165
A 234-Certificate of Incorporation (C)1975 by JULIUS BLUMBERG, INC.,
Business Corporation Law ss.402:10-82. PUBLISHER, NYC 10013
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF
Bally Fitness Clubs, Inc.
under Section 402 of the Business Corporation Law
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED THAT:
(1) The name of the proposed corporation is Bally Fitness Clubs, Inc.
(2) The purpose or purposes for which this corporation is formed, are as
follows, to wit:
To engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be
organized under the Business Corporation Law. The corporation is not
formed to engage in any act or activity requiring the consent or
approval of any state official, department, board, agency or other
body.*
To establish, manage, lease and otherwise carry on the business
of operating health clubs, gymnasiums, swimming pools, running tracks,
tennis, racquet ball and squash facilities and establishments of every
nature and description for health, sports, fitness and recreational
purposes.
To purchase, sell, manufacture and deal in materials, goods,
wares and merchandise of any and every kind and to carry on any lawful
trade or business incident to or proper or useful in connection with such
purchase, sale, manufacture and dealings and to carry on any kind of retail
or wholesale business.
To take, buy, purchase, exchange, hire, lease or otherwise
acquire and dispose of real estate and real property, either improved or
unimproved, and any interest or right therein, and to own, use, held,
control, maintain, manage and develop the same; to sell, manage, improve,
develop, assign, transfer, convey, lease, sublease, pledge or otherwise
alienate or dispose of, and to mortgage or otherwise encumber the lands,
buildings, real property, chattels - real, and other property of the
corporation, real and/or personal and wheresoever situate, and any and all
legal and equitable rights therein.
The corporation, in furtherance of its corporate purposes above set forth,
shall have all of the powers enumerated in Section 202 of the Business
Corporation Law, subject to any limitations provided in the Business
Corporation Law or any other statute of the State of New York.
* If specific consent or approval is required delete this paragraph, insert
specific purposes and obtain consent or approval prior to filing.
(3) The office of the corporation is to be located in the City of New York,
County of New York, State of New York.
(4) The aggregate number of shares which the corporation shall have the
authority to issue is
200 shares of common stock, all of which shall be without par value.