Free Parking Ends at Planet Hollywood and Miracle Mile Shops

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  KJ June 30, 2024

  I loved shopping and eating at the restaurants, but now with the extra parking fees it is just not worth it!

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  Trey Long August 28, 2023

  Incredibly short sighted charging locals 15 bucks to park. It's a significant part of Miracle mile business. Too many other options. Not paying a parking tax to have a drink and a meal. Won't help revenue.

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  Lou July 4, 2023

  I visited the Miracle Mile Shops years ago when parking was free. I also found a restaurant there I like. But if I have to pay $12 to park, that adds to cost of my shopping and eating. I'm sure there's other places who would welcome my business without trying to make a buck off me before I walked into the stores. Are these Ferengis trying to find a way to charge people for walking into their door or perhaps just walking by on their sidewalk? And they expect me to shop and gamble there too!

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  Kimberly Ensigne August 31, 2022

  Pretty sad that they have to charge for parking at any of the Hotels. It's ridiculous for us locals & visitors have to pay for parking. Visitors have to pay all these fees just to visit our town. I mean they're eating, staying at a hotel and buying souvenirs while their here. The prices for all that is also ridiculous. I am on a budget. I can't see paying over $5.00 to park anywhere. I'll park far for FREE parking. I have been doing it for years. That's why I don't visit any of them. I live here in Vegas. I won't give my hard earn money to any of it. I don't gamble at any of the Hotels either.

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  Carlos or Charlie August 3, 2021

  I've said it before, your comparing parking in New York to Vegas is apples to oranges. Yes, people pay a lot to park in the French Quarter or downtown New Orleans. Yeah, it costs money to park in downtown Chicago. Yes, it costs money to mark many places in Washington, D.C. Where does it not cost to park? Last time I checked it was the suburban malls of Chicago, Cleveland and Seattle. Also, last time I checked, the casinos in Laughlin, Toledo and Iowa. Yes, a billion people visit Vegas, yes, casinos and malls in downtown New Orleans and San Antonio charge for parking. Downtowns are different. And the strip casinos aren't a downtown. They are big, sprawling properties that gobble up smaller properties for expansion, and they aren't land locked like downtown districts are. I get why casinos are charging for parking. They can. It hurts the bottom line at places like Miracle Mile and Gordon Ramsay Fish & Chips. Maybe not substantially, but you won't convince me that restaurants at Miracle Mile are going to see an increase in revenue thanks to parking fees. Businesses can do whatever they want. If Sam's Town wants to charge for parking, go for it. If Ellis Island wants to charge for parking, go for it. I won't stop at either place if I have to pay an extra $8 or $10 for the privilege of doing so for an hour, but it's a free country, do what makes financial sense for your business. But you wouldn't simply dismiss parking fees at the Primm outlet malls as a deal compared to what people in New York or L.A. pay to park. The foot traffic at strip casinos and malls is exponentially higher, of course, but it's a flawed comparison. You miss the mark on this one when you make the comparison, Scott.

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  Michael Alexakis August 3, 2021

  It's all about the context, I am from L.A., $15 is a lot to pay for parking all day in an area saturated with parking... $15 is what you have to pay to park at main UCLA Hospital, an area with very few parking opportunities, it's what you have to pay to shop at the Century City Mall, which is surrounded by office buildings. Miracle Mile is free to decide for themselves how they want to handle parking, they get a terrific amount of walk up business because of their location, but this is going to dent their world. They should validate your parking if you spend $$$ in their facility, particularly if you eat at one of the restaurants.

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  Michael Alexakis August 3, 2021

  Miracle Mile is that rare Las Vegas Strip mall that has stores for folks who do not carry four thousand dollar handbags. I have never worked at a mall or for a mall company, but common sense will tell you that the kind of shopper this mall is looking for will balk at paying high dollar parking fees, and will resent that one hour grace period.

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  MrBuzzKill August 3, 2021

  I sometimes eat at the restaurant cluster in the back of Miracle Mile (Flights, Blondies, Cantina, etc). They don't get a ton of strip Passeggiata customers the way Cabo does. And they are not $100 a plate destination restaurants. They will suffer from the paid parking like the casual Miracle Mile shops will. I'll bet on complaints from the tenants. Paid parking everywhere does testify to the prevailing rumor that the Strip has completely given up on attracting locals. All their eggs are in the tourism basket.

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  Paul M August 3, 2021

  I live in LV and my friends, neighbors and pretty much most of the locals avoid the strip at all costs. Most only visit the area if you guests from out of town you want to hang out with, or unfortunately work there. That being said I do have a fantastic view of the strip from my backyard, it’s 20 miles away and I prefer to keep it that way.

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  Boulder Steve August 2, 2021

  They should validate for people who spend money in the shops like most shopping malls. This would still get rid off the freeloaders who park and go elsewhere

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