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Orangetheory Fitness will open a gym in Kapolei next month. The fitness franchise will offer 60-minute sessions of cardiovascular and strength training in a 3,400-square-foot-studio in Kapolei Marketplace at 590 Farrington Highway near Safeway.
Participants use heart rate monitors to track their intensity with the goal to train between 84 percent and 91 percent of their heart rate to stimulate metabolism and increase energy.
Those who purchase memberships before the October opening will get reduced membership rates and free classes in late September.
Stadium plan to woo Raiders advances
LAS VEGAS >> A plan to build an NFL stadium in Las Vegas and lure the Raiders from Oakland, Calif., crossed a major hurdle Thursday when a Nevada oversight committee voted unanimously to recommend $750 million in public funding for the project.
The Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee recommended raising the hotel tax in the Las Vegas area to help pay for a 65,000-seat domed venue that was promoted and would be partially financed by billionaire casino mogul Sheldon Adelson. Proponents still need to win over the governor, the Legislature and three-quarters of NFL owners to make the project a reality, but it’s a significant milestone for a city that’s never had a professional football team and has been hammering out the particulars of the Raiders deal for months.
The Adelson family plans to put $650 million toward the stadium, which would also be home to UNLV Football, while the Raiders plan to kick in $500 million.
Truckers warn speed caps cause crashes
DETROIT >> Truckers are warning that a government plan to electronically limit the speed of tractor-trailers will lead to highway traffic jams and possibly an increase in deadly run-ins with cars.
The government has proposed requiring electronic speed limiters on all trucks and buses over 26,000 pounds manufactured after the regulation goes into effect. Speeds could be limited to 60, 65 or 68 mph when the rule is finalized after a comment period that ends Nov. 7.
Regulators and others favoring speed limiters say the rule is supported by simple physics: If trucks travel slower, the impact of a crash will be less severe and fewer people will be injured or killed. But truckers say the government is actually creating conditions for more collisions by focusing on the severity of the crash while ignoring the dynamic of trucks and cars traveling at different speeds.
ON THE MOVE
The Queen’s Health Systems has announced the following:
>> Sarah Neal-Fujimoto, RN, has been named administrator for ambulatory clinics. She was previously a senior director of clinic operations-Oahu for Kaiser Permanente Health Plan.
>> Wanda Sharp has been named director of patient experience. She was previously a system director of patient experience and associate engagement at Ascension at St. Vincent’s HealthCare.
The Maui Hotel & Lodging Association installed a new board of directors for 2016-17 on Monday at the Hyatt Maui Resort & Spa. The board includes: Jean Claude Wietzel, Sharon Suzuki, Greg Peros, Bill Countryman, Tony Bruno, Nancy Chaplick, Tom Donovan, Allan Farwell, Thomas Foti, Gregg Lundberg, Aaron Placourakis, Tetsuji Yamazaki, Gregg Nelson, Lisa Paulson, Mufi Hannemann, Richard Holtzman, Angela Nolan and Mike White.
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