Q:
As Anthony Curtis wrote in the October issue of the Las Vegas Advisor, "Who's next?"
He was referring to a potential domino effect from the Wynn returning to all free all the time at all its parking venues. The first domino to fall was another Wynn property, Encore Boston Harbor, where the fees were quite high ($24 for the first six hours and $42 for 24 hours). But the question we're addressing in this new poll is whether or not you predict that the Wynn move will have any impact on MGM Resorts, Caesars Entertainment, or Cosmopolitan when it comes to their paid-parking policies.
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A:
573 Total Votes
| Not only won't the Wynn's rescission of paid parking lead to Cosmo, Caesars, and MGM altering their parking policies for the better, but one or more will slowly but steadily raise the prices of paid parking. |
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| The Wynn's rescission of paid parking will itself be rescinded; the Wynn will eventually reinstate its parking fees, which will rise to the competitions' over time. |
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| The Wynn's rescission of paid parking will lead to Cosmo, Caesars, and MGM going back to all free parking, but only when a deflationary depression reduces the number of visitors to Las Vegas by, say, 25% or more. |
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| The Wynn's rescission of paid parking will lead to Cosmo, Caesars, and MGM going back to all free parking, but only when the cows finally, and ultimately, do come home. |
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| The Wynn's rescission of paid parking will lead to the Cosmopolitan going back to free parking. |
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| The Wynn's rescission of paid parking will lead to Cosmo, Caesars, and MGM going back to all free parking. |
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| The Wynn's rescission of paid parking will lead to the Caesars Entertainment going back to free parking at all of its properties. |
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| The Wynn's rescission of paid parking will lead to the Caesars Entertainment going back to free parking at some of its Strip properties. |
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| The Wynn's rescission of paid parking will lead to the MGM Resorts International going back to free parking at all of its Strip properties. |
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Analysis
Not the most exciting poll we've ever conducted, it received less than 600 votes, but the results are still indicative of the general sentiment about paid parking: The cost to park on the Strip will slowly but inevitably rise, including a reinstatement of the fees at the Wynn (perhaps after all the fallout from the Steve Wynn scandal has finally settled, which it hasn't quite yet).
As for the Wynn being a harbinger of things to come, we'd say the same 30 or so people voted for the other properties following suit -- and we weren't among them. We voted for the policy being suspended temporarily in an economic downturn.
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