Nelson Fitness Center 225 Hope Street, Providence, RI 02906

"Not sure how this place has such a high rating considering all of its flaws and cold customer service. If you’re not a Brown or RISD student, DO NOT BUY A MEMBERSHIP! This place is totally student centric. If you waste hundreds of dollars on a public pass get ready to be sidelined. The pool is forever closed for Brown activities - instead of always having a dedicated section of the front pool for paying members they just forget about your existence and desire to swim. The gym at most times is not even safe to sue because it’s so packed with people. The management is totally blind. They care more about you keeping your outside shoes on while doing yoga than they do about the fact staff are always glued to their phones, eating smelly food or neglecting to replace empty sanitation wipes. Avoid. Go to ymca"

"Great gym with lots of options to choose from for exercise ! **Just be careful to not leave anything valuable on the clothing hanger next to the fitness room on the second floor as it could easily get stolen and the staff working there will not be able to recover it. Someone stole my Nike track pants ($80) from the clothing rack and the staff at Nelson were never able to recover it."

"Can't beat the price with unlimited fitness classes. As a non Brown affiliate you can pay to have an annual membership. Only cons are: during summertime, group classes are limited and hours are a little funny."

"No air flux in the morning Always play some loud annoying sound. NOT everyone favor your trash lyrics!! If I am not a student here, I will never come to this tiny gym"

"For a D1 school, this gym is bush league. This is all of it. Maybe 2000 square feet."