\n Posted on: November 23, 2024, 12:39h.\u00a0\n <\/p>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\nThe Oyo knows your trick \u2014 parking in its free garage and then walking across Tropicana Boulevard to gamble at the MGM Grand \u2013 and it has finally put a stop to it.<\/p>\n Oyo now charges, via a parking app, $13 for up to three hours. After that, the charge is $18 for each 24-hour period. In seven days, a visitor would pay $126, not including service fees.<\/p>\n For the time being, however, the Oyo will still validate parking at its players club desk, according to Vital Vegas.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n The Oyo, located a quarter mile east of the Strip, is only the latest free-parking domino to fall. Once an entitlement for Las Vegas tourists, the perk is quickly becoming another relic of Las Vegas\u2019 past.<\/p>\n For tourists, Las Vegas Strip parking is still free only at the Sahara, Treasure Island, Circus Circus and Casino Royale. The Wynn offers free parking for up to three hours to its visitors, though there is no limit for its hotel guests.<\/p>\n Normally, parking is also free at the Fashion Show Mall. However, for special events, expect to pay an arm and a leg here. (For the F1 Grand Prix this weekend, the indoor shopping mall\u2019s charge is $50-$80 per space.)<\/p>\n Free parking is still available at most Strip resorts to locals, but only for the first three hours and only if they show a valid Nevada driver\u2019s license. Some hotels also offer it as a perk of their rewards programs \u2014 but only once you \u201cearn\u201d your way up to a certain status tier.<\/p>\n Unqualified, unlimited free parking was once a staple of the Strip from the day it began until 2016. That was the year MGM \u2014 which operates the Bellagio, Aria, Cosmopolitan, MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, Park MGM, New York-New York, Luxor and Excalibur \u2014 became the first casino company to charge for the time-honored Strip tradition.<\/p>\n Caesars followed MGM\u2019s lead, charging all guests to park at Caesars Palace, The Cromwell, Harrah\u2019s, Horseshoe, Paris, Flamingo, Planet Hollywood and Linq starting in 2021.<\/p>\n You can\u2019t really blame the resorts that neighbor an MGM or Caesars property for eliminating their free parking, such as Oyo. They\u2019re only trying to keep their free lots from filling up with guests of neighboring properties.<\/p>\n That you once parked for free at all Las Vegas Strip casinos will be a story you can tell your grandchildren one day, just like the stories you\u2019ll tell them about drinking in them for free and getting your room comped because you gambled $100.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/oyo-babealabe-858x481.jpg\")
Oyo Vey!<\/h2>\n
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Fee For All<\/h2>\n