$7,000,000,000 For A New Fire Station And That Is A Good Deal?

The City of Las Vegas just finished building a $7,000,000 fire station in conjunction with CSN and the taxpayers should be so thrilled that they got this fire station at a bargain, according to City and CSN officials.
From the Las Vegas Sun: The new, almost $7 million station, which was completed under budget, sits on the edge of CSN's Charleston Campus and across from Bonanza High School at the intersection of Torrey Pines Drive and Oakey Boulevard.
"This is a bargain for taxpayers," CSN President Michael Richards said. "This is a deal."
Well, for such a deal, the firefighters get this:
The station includes three classrooms for use by CSN students, including those in the fire science program, an upgraded exercise room for firefighters and more spacious kitchen, living room and dormitory areas for the crews who work in rotating 24-hour shifts.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2010/aug/31/opening-new-fire-station/
And the public gets what? The shaft?
First, why do the firefighters need a spacious kitchen, living room and dormitory areas? Sorry, but the firefighters are at the station for about 18 hours a day or less, up to 3 days a week. They don't live there. (18 hours a day is a guess, based on training schedules, emergency calls, inspections etc- it's probably much less than that)
The firefighters don't need luxury or spacious areas. They need a bunk room and if there a females, a separate area for them, a shower and bathroom area, a normal sized kitchen, the bay areas where they park the rigs, a training room and a living room area. They need a few more things like an officer quarters and a work area so they can work on the trucks, fill air tanks, work on equipment etc. I am undecided about a work out area as I feel firefighters need to stay in shape but they should do it on their own time. But if the firefighters or their union want to pay for the equipment, I have no problem with that.
With CSN in there, they need a few classrooms, equipment and work areas. I don't know if a training fire tower is thrown in there, but the City already has fire towers at their training facility, at Mojave and Bonanza.
But $7,000,000 for a fire station and some classrooms is just too much money to spend in this economy and declining tax revenues. But then we are building a huge mob museum and city hall, $7,000,000 is just blip on the radar if you are into big spending.