Marty,

Having a wooden gym floor requires a higher level of maintenance.  In order to use the gym space for multiple-purposes and to protect/prolong the life of the floor, we would likely have to buy some sort of floor covering if we had a wooden floor.

For someone who decries the cost of the center and the operating costs of such, I would have thought you would applaud the selection of something which lowers both.  Could it be that no matter what is done, you would still complain? 

Tony