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The long-overdue student recreation center at the University of Hawaii at Manoa is finally opening its doors today.

The Warrior Recreation Center’s grand opening is featuring a range of activities, including tours of the center, recreational class demonstrations and entertainment. The day wraps up with a Taste of Manoa food festival and a carnival. 

The much-anticipated, energy-efficient center includes a wide range of fitness facilities.

Today’s opening is more than a year behind schedule. University officials have said the project experienced an array of unforeseen delays, including infrastructure and utility problems. 

The $47 million project was in part funded by a student fee that has been in place since 2007; many of the students who helped foot the bill for the building will never be able to use it. 

Only students who are in good financial standing with the university and have paid that fee are able to utilize the center, which will be open from 5:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. on weekdays and from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on weekends.

Others who want to use the center — including UH employees — can opt to pay a $240 annual membership.

Read Civil Beat’s coverage of the recreation center: Delays Plague Student-Funded Recreation Center at UH Manoa.

Photo: The recreation center under construction back in July 2013. (Alia Wong/Civil Beat)

— Alia Wong