We were at Elara in June and parking at Miracle Mile was a literal zoo. Constant fender benders; verbal altercations between people fighting for spots; folks just hanging out smoking pot in the garage; literally a zoo. I swore at the time that I would only do valet at Elara from that visit forward. So this is really good news, IMO.
EDIT TO ADD: Valet was not running during our visit, in case anyone was curious.
we had a similar situation last October. One dude so stoned out of his mind, standing in the middle of the roadway and not moving for traffic. Most of the time I had to park several floors up because they were the only free parking.
personally, I’d rather Vegas go back to everywhere has free parking and free valet, but it’s not good when you need to park in the ONE garage that’s still free and everyone knows it.
I suppose if they start charging like everyone else and if parking remains free for guests, things will get better.
After our experience last year qe decided to vacation somewhere else on our anniversary. 2021 will be the first year since 1998 we haven’t spent at least a few nights in Vegas. We’re looking at other options as well for 2022, but we have HGVC points that will have to be used one way or another. Perhaps one of the California resorts would be available.