The project is completely funded by students, who voted to append a fee to their tuition that amounts to an extra $110 for fall and spring semesters as well as $83 for summer.  The vote won with a 3/4 majority in 2007.

“This will help change the ‘commuter’ stereotype CSULB has into a seven-day-a-week university,” said Dr. F. King Alexander. He added that the facility will help bring students and professors closer together, thus creating a greater sense of community.

The new facility will include three basketball courts, rock climbing walls, an indoor sand volleyball court, and a Jacuzzi that will hold 25 people.  No passes will be issued for the gym because the front door will be controlled using biometrics, which means your handprint is your pass.

According to Dave Edwards, ASI Associate Executive Director, the entire facility will be energy efficient. The air conditioners and lights will run off sensors, reclaimed water will be used for the irrigation system and all urinals will be waterless.

With help from students, the award-winning firm Cannon Designs has created a design for the recreation center that is hands down cutting edge. “Long Beach State will be one of the first CSUs with this type of facility, which will promote wellness in the CSULB community,” said Edwards.