This is exactly my point. No other group, organization, or marketing team presented any reasons as why somebody should vote no. All we heard was why this renovations are a positive, how they can help, yada yada yada. We get it. It'll be cool to have.
However, for people like me (and the poster I'm about to respond to), there are a lot of people who do not use the Rec centers. I walk, bike, and do other things to keep myself healthy. I don't want to have to cut back on one steak dinner at Legends to pay for everybody else to have a better time playing pick up games.
There are much better things that this $53 million could be going to. For example: Helser. Anybody live there? I walked through it the other day and felt like I needed to get a tetanus shot. The dorms are over-crowded, and the original plans to abandon and tear down Helser have been abandoned due to the fact that each year we admit more and more students.
How about much needed renovations to other buildings on campus? Gilman has seen better days, the Armory is a complete dump, Davidson is horrible, etc...
But instead, we put the money towards this.
1st of all - the tents would be fun.
2nd of all - I agree with everything you said. There are other buildings that need the help much more than activity centers.
There are far more students who would choose ISU over other schools based on the shape that the classrooms and educational buildings are in rather than what the shape the rec centers are in.
It's nice to have those things, but seriously, there are so many more things that I'd rather see my fees increased for.