George S. Eccles Student Life Center

It nice and new but if you don’t have a parking pass there’s no where to park without paying. There’s a bank and a café but no sauna or steam room it’s really nice and new plenty of machines too work out on I just think they could of done a better job.

After looking through the reviews, I can see why they all vary in rating based on your status with the university and how you use the student life center.
As a student, the new student life center is amazing. I can go bouldering between classes, meet new people, and get my mind off the last test or assignment. The bouldering area is excellent, large enough to accommodate everyone there, and the routes are changed frequently.
I haven’t used much of the other facilities offered, but I’ve heard good things about them. The fresh café or whatever it’s called on the main floor is okay food as well, where $ 6 can get you a very filling and even pretty tasty rice bowl.
If you’re a student looking to kill some time, meet some new people, and just get your mind off things, this place is perfect.

Brand new facilities but could’ve been designed better. As staff, I pay around $ 25/​month for membership. This doesn’t include any classes, which is a huge drawback in my opinion. I pay another $ 50+ for a TRX class (2 days/​week); I enjoy taking different classes (yoga, barre, spinning, circuit training)…but I’m not about to shell out $ 50 per class. I like the TRX class and the group fitness rooms, very clean and maintained nicely.
All equipment is brand new. Cardio equipment is plentiful, never an issue getting a machine. The weight area is usually very crowded and cramped feeling, not a fan. I usually go to the Cove area, where there are free weights and mats, a few benches plus cardio machines.
They don’t have any «open» lockers (that you’d use your own lock on). Locker rentals are only available per semester/​6 mo/​year and at another $ 9/​month. Nickel and dimed here. I take public transit, but if I drove I’d have to pay for parking there as well!
The pool is gorgeous and seems well maintained, but I rarely use it.
Not sure I’ll keep my membership here after TRX ends. Would rather pay a little more up front monthly and be able to take a variety of classes.

As a college student, the student life center has been a blessing. Prior to this facility we had the field house which seemed okay before but is now a old fashioned moldy place in my mind.
The new student life center is clean, massive, and has everything I’ve wanted to do at a gym. From racquetball, rock climbing/​bouldering, a multitude of basketball courts, weights and more it gives me almost everything I could possibly want. I go here everyday of the week and I would have no qualms about living here. It’s just an awesome place with fun things to do especially before and after a workout.
It’d be easier to state what I wish this place had such as:
–Tennis Courts
–More consistent swimming pool hours (but looking it up online has worked out fine. I mean seriously, it takes less than a minute to check.)
–A turf field (man would that be awesome)
–A place designated for deadlifts.
To answer Steph A.‘s review, there are bathrooms on every floor except for the fourth level and I’m not sure why but the whole needing your uID to get in has been in place since the field house days. If they didn’t change it, there must be a reason for doing so.
This place is everything I never knew I wanted.

Gym itself is nice. Logistics, parking, staff training is a joke. There are about 25 – 30 stalls for parking, and you must pay by phone. Which means you end up paying a dollar more than normal because of credit card service fees. The pool is closed at different times each day and «family» hours are only in the evening so you can’t bring your kids to swim in the day. It’s hard to figure out when I can and cannot swim with all the closures. During a recent fire alarm I witnessed all staff members leave the gym before me… and all other gym attendees. Rules seem to change from day to day and from staff member to staff member. I’ve shown up without my id card once and they told me they couldn’t look me up in the system and that I needed to pay the day fee, and I didn’t bring my wallet because I was going to the gym… sorry but in this day and age of technology you can look me up! So the only time I was able to get to the gym that day They wouldn’t let me in.
I like working out there. But honestly get your stuff together. And is there really only the locker room for bathrooms? I mean with four levels you should have several bathrooms available.

They’re still ironing out the wrinkles. The staff isn’t very helpful and generally clueless. The gym’s schedule and policies should be more obvious. Case in point, the swimming pool’s open times are mysterious. The small paper attached to the wall isn’t very obvious. What’s worse is the staff clearly sees someone is getting ready to swim and waits until they are about to step into the water before saying something.
The price has nearly doubled (for non-​students). The number of lockers is highly lacking. The work out areas are pretty crowded. The routes on the rock climbing wall are difficult to understand. And you have to pay to park. It used to be free after 6pm at the Field House, now it’s not until after 8pm.
But, it’s a shiny new building…

As the new gym for the University of Utah, the Student Life Center is a great addition to the university. It offers a large track, numerous work out machines all with tvs, a large weight section, and even a rock climbing wall. The multiple pools and hot tubs are nice. I really like the offerings that are up to date. The locker room is clean and the staff is friendly. This ranks up there with all of the other private gyms and this one is free for students. They offer classes and trainers at the Student Life Center which is a plus. If you are a student, faculty, or staff this is the gym for you.