Do they really need to be so greedy?
A couple of weeks ago some friends and I went to Aria for dinner (Carbones - which we LOVED!). Between dinner, drinks, and our 'slot contributions', I would guess that we easily dropped $500-$600 that night - again, everything about the night was perfect ... Until it was time to get the car and go home when we had to pay almost $15 in additional ransom money to the parking police (aka Valet) - which was on top of our customary tip. Didn't I already pay enough for the evening?
We heard rumors that MGM was going to allow free parking through year end (with LV drivers license). Apparently, they have exceptions to the rule.
Although I'm a "local", I still like going down to the strip for a nice dinner on occasion. Not to mention all of the times I become an unofficial tour guide for out of town guests. I will undoubtedly continue to visit MGM properties in the future - they have a big enough footprint in this town that you can't avoid them entirely (especially when friends come to town). But the whole experience of having them stop me for an additional assessment, put a very bad taste in my mouth. I can assure them that my continued visits will be much less frequent - it's just too bad that they are so big that they will never notice!