Bintang4 coming to SSF!

[bintangclub]

We wanted to let everyone know that, YES, the rumors are true! Bintang Badminton is opening up a fourth gym and the lucky city is South San Francisco! This will be a 29 court facility with our trademark wooden suspension flooring and court mats and professional lighting.

We are committed to making this Bintang's best yet facility! This will hopefully be second-home for the many diehard badminton fans out there as well as home of future Nor Cal badminton Olympians.

We hope to bring badminton in the US to the next level with such a facility and we look forward to having all of you visit once it opens. The target opening month is June 2010. Stay tuned for updates!

[kwun]

29 COURTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!?!?!?!?!?

that's incredible. looking forward to seeing it. this will be one of the largest badminton facility in the Western hemisphere.

congrats to Phu and Stella.

[illusionistpro]

29 courts?! that's unreal!!!! congrats to phu and stella indeed!!!

[wishheart]

Good for you!!! :P

[bulutangkis]

Wow, that will be very close to the new Bay Badminton courts! :eek:

Anybody knows how much annual membership at Bintang? It is not listed on its site.

[Joseph]

Very awesome news! I will be sure to get in shape and hopefully injury free to make it to the grand opening.

[ants]

Congratulations! :) Im sure those baddics in SF area will benefit from Bintang SSF presence there.

[Cheung]

I just heard about it in HK from a visitor (from the US)

[kwun]

I just heard about it in HK from a visitor (from the US)

did he read it from BC? ;)

[ctjcad]

We wanted to let everyone know that, YES, the rumors are true! Bintang Badminton is opening up a fourth gym and the lucky city is South San Francisco! This will be a 29 court facility with our trademark wooden suspension flooring and court mats and professional lighting.

We are committed to making this Bintang's best yet facility! This will hopefully be second-home for the many diehard badminton fans out there as well as home of future Nor Cal badminton Olympians.

We hope to bring badminton in the US to the next level with such a facility and we look forward to having all of you visit once it opens. The target opening month is June 2010. Stay tuned for updates!
..29 courts?!?! that's almost equivalent to 2 baddy clubs..it shows that baddy is really growing in the NorCal area!...Now, if only you guys could host the U.S. Open up in the NorCal area....hmmmm..;)

[bintangclub]

..29 courts?!?! that's almost equivalent to 2 baddy clubs..it shows that baddy is really growing in the NorCal area!...Now, if only you guys could host the U.S. Open up in the NorCal area....hmmmm..;)

Hi ctjcad! Hosting the US Open would surely be a great honor. But OCBC has been doing a wonderful job of it and being that they were the pioneer of badminton in the US (i.e. they were the first fully dedicated badminton gym in all of US), we feel they are most suited for and most deserving of hosting it. There could always be other tournaments that we can host up here, so don't worry! There will be no lack of action here.

[Cheung]

did he read it from BC? ;)

I dunno about that. He's a coach who used to live in Bay area and then moved down to LA. I guess he knows the local scene pretty well.

[kwun]

I dunno about that. He's a coach who used to live in Bay area and then moved down to LA. I guess he knows the local scene pretty well.

i wonder who....

James?

[shreky]

Wow, that will be very close to the new Bay Badminton courts! :eek:

Anybody knows how much annual membership at Bintang? It is not listed on its site.


yeah .... just a few minutes away from BBC2.

i agree .... knowing the annual membership would really help us decide which club to join. it would make sense to join a bigger gym which would hopefully translate to less waiting time.

i can't wait to see the gym .... and it would have the same nice bouncy floors as the sunnyvale gym .... :cool:

[captainB]

y in the heck r there so many bintangs????

[Joseph]

y in the heck r there so many bintangs????

I would guess that they're trying to serve the needs of the Bay Area badminton enthusiasts by opening gyms in areas where there aren't many gyms nearby.

[Cheung]

i wonder who....

James?

yup! blimey, you don't need much info....:eek:

[singnflip4life]

Open one in Davis/Sac!!!

[hiroisuke]

^ Agreed! I'd love to have one here! (I'm in Davis now)

[singnflip4life]

Hiroisuke, do you go to UCD?

[Qidong]

y in the heck r there so many bintangs????

For sure no one in the bay area will complain. :)

[singnflip4life]

For sure I wouldn't complain if they opened over 9000 here. More courts to play on ^^ never EVER enough courts.

[Deathsticks]

wow 29 courts
and in san francisco, BBC's area

We need a badminton facility here in san jose ;O

[singnflip4life]

Isn't smash city in San Jose? That's where my friends take me everytime I'm down there in San Jose

[Deathsticks]

smash city is in milpitas
although bintang is closer then smash city

[illusionistpro]

are there any updates?

[bintangclub]

Hey illusionistpro. Thanks for your interest in Bintang SSF. Sorry we have not updated lately -- it's just been too busy! A lot has been going on.

The court portion of the facility has been painted. The framework and plumbing for the restrooms are done. The framing for the offices is complete and the drywall is up. The emergency exit corridor has been put up. The roll-up doors have been converted to glass-line. The landscaping and front entrance are in the works.

That is the latest update as of last week. We will take some photos later this week and provide more updates. We will try to post weekly updates on our website as we approach the target opening month.

[pkcheng55]

It seems like they have table tennis table too. Sounds interesting to me. Anyone else want to play table tennis?

[shreky]

is it true that bintang4 will be open this coming weekend?

[canti]

nothing official on the site or at any bintang i've been to

[paulierand]

nothing official on the site or at any bintang i've been to

on their site it says " Opening this coming weekend. Exact details TBA. Check back for updates!


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i havn't called but yea, their opening date is imminent...

[bulutangkis]

The site says opening date for public is Monday, June 21, 2010. Wow, SSF has two dedicated badminton gyms now. :D

[shreky]

congratulations on your opening!!

did anyone take any pictures (videos) today or over the weekend?

[canti]

sorry i went but i forgot my camera. The place was fine loads of room everywhere, however i felt some court were too close to the wall. Lighting was fine. The courts were blue this time which i thought was weird. They still didnt finish setting everything up though. No queing system up yet but with 29 courts is one needed? (haha jk) It was hard to find I went past the warehouse like 2 times. The only thing im worried about is ventilation, Theres only 1 door a a gararge door that opens up, so i hope they put up some kind of ventilation system so the place doesnt turn into a sauna like affinity. The design style is much like sunnyvale where the lobby and seating area is in the front and all the courts are bunched together on the other side, unlike campbell. So you cant really watch games that are going on, on the otherside.

[cybergirl]

i missed out the discount on the grand opening date last week...sigh...