The project would have been paid for with a $600-per-year student fee increase.

The Tribune reports.

Cal Poly students reject University Union expansion

Cal Poly students sent a clear message this week that they don’t want to pay an additional $597 per year in fees to expand and remodel the University Union.

In a two-day vote held Wednesday and Thursday through the university’s online portal, 58 percent of participating students cast a “no” vote on the estimated $180 million project.

The expansion would have added amenities to the centrally located student center, such as an on-campus bar and grill serving wine and beer; an expanded coffeehouse; new, technologically advanced study spaces; and a multiuse event space for movies, academic lectures and small concerts, among other features.

Nearly 32 percent of Cal Poly students — or 6,465 students — cast a vote to advise Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong on how to proceed. The project was initiated by the student government, Associated Students Inc., and would have been solely funded by a student fee increase that would have been instituted in 2020.