Tivoli Student Union

I have never been to MSU prior to attending a career fair and loved the Tivoli! Cool building that used to be a brewing company. Lots of old brick that has been preserved and concrete for Metro State. Cool part of campus!

Speed and quality don’t go together, but you’ll be in n’ out in a flash.

This is the student union for all three schools. UCD, Metro, and CCD. There are study rooms both quiet and group study. Come here to hang out, eat, and meet people.

Dear Tivoli Student Union,
Minos and Daedalus got nothing on your labyrinthine hallways. If they brought the minotaur here, he would have been all, «Daaaaaaaaamn, not even Theseus can find me up in this bitch.»
Seriously, trying to find your way around this building requires a map and an extra 10 – 15 minutes just to orient yourself.
I spent an entire weekend at an event here and I was STILL getting lost on the third day. I tell you, this place is nice to look at from the outside, but it makes absolutely no sense on the inside.
I walked into a doored section off a hallways to nowhere that contained nothing more than a janitorial closet and a women’s restroom. Nothing else. What made it even more confusing: it wasn’t even unlocked all of the time.
Walking through Tivoli can sometimes make you feel like you’re losing your mind. In fact, I think the person who designed it was, in fact, completely crazycakes. I mean, who puts a door into a courtyard WITH NOTHING BUT CEMENT IN IT? Why do hallways go on for awhile and then suddenly stop? There was nothing at the end and there was no purpose going down that hallway as far as you did.
Aside from being a vortex for all forms of maddening design, the food options at this student union are about as diverse as the campus at BYU. Subway, McDonald’s and Taco Bell. I might as well just take a preemptive Imodium, because I know what’s coming. Actually, what I did do was listening to my gut and not eat anything from that place and instead paid $ 2 for a yogurt and $ 4 for a juice and the convenience store. Super.
So, here’s a little list of survival gear to help you get through Tivoli relatively unscathed:
–Compass
–Water bottle
–High carb food
–Trail markers
–An iron clad stomach
–Your wits about you
Best of luck to you, sojourner.

The Tivoli Student Union is the building for the student center of the Metropolitan State College of Denver, the University of Colorado Denver, and the Community College of Denver. It used to be the Tivoli Brewing Company, a historical landmark. Many of the historic features are even still there, including the copper brewing kettles and a barrel lift that is visible from two levels. Inside was quite nice and bustling with students and life. The staff in the bookstore were very helpful and overall it was a pleasant experience.