Pay-to-park in Las Vegas? We’re already doing it

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Pay-to-park in Las Vegas? We’re already doing it

Over the holidays, I twice attended Nevada Ballet Theatre’s production of “The Nutcracker” at the Smith Center for the Performing Arts at Symphony Park in downtown Las Vegas. On my way to the valet lane ...

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I used to get priceline and hot wire deals on cars in Vegas for 9.99/day. Assuming I was in vegas for 4 nights. it was cheaper to rent a car and park it for the duration of my stay vs 2 people taking a shuttle or a taxi and it gave me the flexibility to get to the shopping plazas convieniently.  I also rarely used self parking especially downtown where they charged- so I am wondering if charging for Valet Parking is part of this scheme. It seems these articles are long on sensation and short on details. If I am heading downtown I would pull into the Nugget Valet  and if they were full, they would always ask if I was a guest, I would pull out a $20 and they then say "of course you are". The same goes at Ceasars. Valet Full - 7diamond only..... $20 always got me VIP parking. Ya sure I am paying more than the $10 proposed fee, but its my option to do so. If I can afford to sit down and play blackjack at $25/hand. I can give $20 to a young valet.
 I certainly have no issues with tiping or buying good service but I do have a major issue with the hotels nickle and diming me to the point where I feel goured. Most rooms don't have coffee makers, and their business offices charge me to use a computer to print my air ticket (it will be nice when I can get all my air tickets on my phone), My point is that I already pay them enough with their mandatory resort fees. To me this is like an airline offering a $100 fare but after you hit the buy-it-now they stick you with $300 in fuel or other stupid surcharges.
What Vegas fails to realize is that I can gamble in any Canadian Province and practically any US State. I go to vegas for the spectacle. Sure I miss the old hotels that had charm, but I applaud vegas for constantly reinventing itself. If they want me back on a regular basis they need to make it attractive. I used to love the air and hotel deals I got, cheap food (long gone are the $4.99 steak and eggs) but they always made it back at the tables.
The parking fees will mean less people will want cars, which will harm shopping, and non-strip businessses. If I was the chamber of commerce I would be poo-poo-ing this big time.