The rate of new climbing gyms entering the US market took a modest dip compared to last year, ending with a 9% annual growth rate, versus 10% in 2013. The rate is lower than expected due to several projects that were planning to open this year experiencing construction delays and funding issues that resulted in their opening dates getting bumped into 2015. Earlier this year CBJ had predicted a rate closer to 11%, but once the dust settled on 2014 we have confirmed 29 new gyms, plus 3 gyms that moved to new facilities, for a total of 353 commercial climbing facilities in the US.
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