Highlights
- Life Time opened a 91,000-square-foot club at the former Paradise Valley Village mall on April 30, 2026.
- Membership pricing is drawing online backlash, with residents describing it as nine times the cost of Mountainside Fitness.
- The Paradise Valley Planning Commission is scheduled to meet May 19, 2026, at 6 p.m.; the agenda had not been posted as of this report.
- Life Time's official location page confirms the Paradise Valley club is now open.
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Life Time opened its Paradise Valley club on April 30, 2026, occupying 91,000 square feet at the former Paradise Valley Village mall site, according to a press release issued by the company.
The opening has generated significant public reaction. A post in r/phoenix describing the club's membership pricing drew 421 upvotes and 390 comments, with the original poster writing that the pricing was nine times what they pay at Mountainside Fitness. The thread became one of the more-engaged local fitness discussions on the subreddit in recent weeks.
Life Time's own press release describes the facility as a 91,000-square-foot club and confirms the April 30 opening date at the Paradise Valley location.
The Paradise Valley Planning Commission is scheduled to meet on May 19, 2026, at 6 p.m., per the town's Legistar calendar. The agenda had not been posted as of the time this article was prepared; Paradise Valley typically publishes agendas 24 to 72 hours before a meeting.
Why is the pricing drawing attention now?
Residents received membership pricing emails around the time of the April 30 opening, prompting immediate online comparisons to lower-cost local gyms. The r/phoenix thread surfaced the pricing gap publicly, and the post's engagement, nearly 500 combined upvotes and comments on that thread alone, reflects how broadly the question of value landed among Phoenix-area fitness consumers.
The May 19 Planning Commission agenda, once posted, may address related land-use or operational items tied to the Paradise Valley Village redevelopment. Reporters should monitor the Legistar calendar for the agenda PDF.
Sources
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- news.lifetime.life retrieved 12/05/2026 15:20
- thescottsdalesignal.com retrieved 12/05/2026 15:20
- Reddit retrieved 12/05/2026 15:20
- paradisevalleyaz.legistar.com retrieved 12/05/2026 15:20
- lifetime.life retrieved 12/05/2026 15:20
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