Basis of Presentation	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2015
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]
Basis of Presentation	Basis of Presentation As of December 31, 2015, Town Sports International Holdings, Inc. (the “Company” or “TSI Holdings”), through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Town Sports International, LLC (“TSI, LLC”), operated 152 fitness clubs (“Clubs”) and three BFX Studio (“studio”) locations. The clubs are composed of 105 clubs in the New York metropolitan market under the “New York Sports Clubs” brand name, 27 clubs in the Boston market under the “Boston Sports Clubs” brand name, 12 clubs (one of which is partly-owned) in the Washington, D.C. market under the “Washington Sports Clubs” brand name, five clubs in the Philadelphia market under the “Philadelphia Sports Clubs” brand name and three clubs in Switzerland. We also have one partly-owned club that operated under a different brand name in Washington, D.C. as of December 31, 2015. The Company has been experiencing declining revenue from members for several years as the fitness industry continues to be highly competitive in the geographic regions in which the Company competes. New members have been joining at lower monthly rates and cancellations of members paying higher rates, primarily from the conversion to the lower pricing model, will continue to negatively impact our liquidity if these trends are not reversed. In response to this, the Company initiated cost savings initiatives in 2015 that have continued into fiscal 2016 to help mitigate the impact the decline in revenue has had on its profitability and cash flow from operations. The Company also purchased $29,829 principal amount of its debt at a significant discount in 2015. The Company’s ability to fund operations and capital expenditures in 2016 is dependent upon its ability to generate sufficient cash from operations coupled with cash on hand. The Company believes it has sufficient liquidity from a combination of cash on hand and cash to be generated from operations during 2016 to fund anticipated capital expenditures and currently scheduled debt service for the year ending December 31, 2016. As further described in Note 9 - Long-Term Debt, the Company maintains a senior credit facility with its lenders which contains a term loan facility and a revolving loan facility. The terms of the senior credit facility include a financial covenant under which the Company is currently not able to utilize more than 25%, or $11,250, of the revolving loan facility. The Company will continue not to be able to utilize more than 25% of the revolving loan facility until it has a total leverage ratio, as defined, of no greater than 4.50:1.00. The revolving loan facility is scheduled to mature in November 2018. Based upon the Company’s current cash balance as of December 31, 2015 of $76,217 and projected cash from operations, the Company does not anticipate the need to utilize the revolving loan facility during 2016. The Company may consider additional actions within its control, including the sale of certain assets, additional club closures and entering into arrangements with revenue generating partnerships, some which may utilize a “shop-in-shop” concept. The Company may also consider additional strategic alternatives including opportunities to reduce TSI LLC’s existing debt and further cost savings initiatives, among other possibilities. The Company’s ability to continue to meet its obligations beyond 2016 is dependent on its ability to generate positive cash flow from a combination of initiatives, including those mentioned above. Failure to successfully implement these initiatives could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity and our operations and we would need to implement alternative plans that could include additional asset sales, additional reductions in operating costs, deferral of capital expenditures, further reductions in working capital and debt restructurings. There can be no assurance that such alternatives would be available to the Company or that the Company would be successful in their implementation.

Basis of Presentation

As of December 31, 2015, Town Sports International Holdings, Inc. (the “Company” or “TSI Holdings”), through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Town Sports International, LLC (“TSI, LLC”), operated 152 fitness clubs (“Clubs”) and three BFX Studio (“studio”) locations. The clubs are composed of 105 clubs in the New York metropolitan market under the “New York Sports Clubs” brand name, 27 clubs in the Boston market under the “Boston Sports Clubs” brand name, 12 clubs (one of which is partly-owned) in the Washington, D.C. market under the “Washington Sports Clubs” brand name, five clubs in the Philadelphia market under the “Philadelphia Sports Clubs” brand name and three clubs in Switzerland. We also have one partly-owned club that operated under a different brand name in Washington, D.C. as of December 31, 2015.

The Company has been experiencing declining revenue from members for several years as the fitness industry continues to be highly competitive in the geographic regions in which the Company competes. New members have been joining at lower monthly rates and cancellations of members paying higher rates, primarily from the conversion to the lower pricing model, will continue to negatively impact our liquidity if these trends are not reversed. In response to this, the Company initiated cost savings initiatives in 2015 that have continued into fiscal 2016 to help mitigate the impact the decline in revenue has had on its profitability and cash flow from operations. The Company also purchased $29,829 principal amount of its debt at a significant discount in 2015.

The Company’s ability to fund operations and capital expenditures in 2016 is dependent upon its ability to generate sufficient cash from operations coupled with cash on hand. The Company believes it has sufficient liquidity from a combination of cash on hand and cash to be generated from operations during 2016 to fund anticipated capital expenditures and currently scheduled debt service for the year ending December 31, 2016. As further described in Note 9 - Long-Term Debt, the Company maintains a senior credit facility with its lenders which contains a term loan facility and a revolving loan facility. The terms of the senior credit facility include a financial covenant under which the Company is currently not able to utilize more than 25%, or $11,250, of the revolving loan facility. The Company will continue not to be able to utilize more than 25% of the revolving loan facility until it has a total leverage ratio, as defined, of no greater than 4.50:1.00. The revolving loan facility is scheduled to mature in November 2018. Based upon the Company’s current cash balance as of December 31, 2015 of $76,217 and projected cash from operations, the Company does not anticipate the need to utilize the revolving loan facility during 2016.

The Company may consider additional actions within its control, including the sale of certain assets, additional club closures and entering into arrangements with revenue generating partnerships, some which may utilize a “shop-in-shop” concept. The Company may also consider additional strategic alternatives including opportunities to reduce TSI LLC’s existing debt and further cost savings initiatives, among other possibilities. The Company’s ability to continue to meet its obligations beyond 2016 is dependent on its ability to generate positive cash flow from a combination of initiatives, including those mentioned above. Failure to successfully implement these initiatives could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity and our operations and we would need to implement alternative plans that could include additional asset sales, additional reductions in operating costs, deferral of capital expenditures, further reductions in working capital and debt restructurings. There can be no assurance that such alternatives would be available to the Company or that the Company would be successful in their implementation.