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Thread: The Strat (Stratosphere) is now charging for parking -- and it's incredibly difficult to even pay

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    Here's a great (and funny) article about a local's visit to The Strat (new name of The Stratosphere), where he was shocked at how difficult the experience was regarding their new paid parking system: https://travelscholar.com/every-time...a-kitten-dies/

    Cliffs:

    - New paid parking system requires the scanning of a QR code with your phone, getting a text link to a website, entering credit card info, and then having to text or call to get out

    - Tons of people can't operate this system (or it's incompatible with their phone), and it holds up the line getting both in and out

    - The system charges everyone a $0.99 fee on top of whatever the parking charge is, in order to process payment

    - There is no validation of parking if you spend money at Strat. If you're not a card level high enough to get free parking, you simply don't get it


    What a fucking fail!

    Why is Strat even charging for parking? Don't they want to encourage visitors, given that they're in a bad part of town, away from everything else anyone would want to visit? Who would park there and then walk somewhere else? I'm guessing almost nobody.

    I really really hate shit which counts on QR Codes or other mobile based things in order to operate them. In fact, counting on everyone carrying a smartphone with them is a mistake in itself.
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    Well I'd be fucked 'cause I don't have a smart phone.
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    Originally Posted by MisterV View Post
    I don't have a smart phone.
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    Originally Posted by Dan Druff View Post
    Here's a great (and funny) article about a local's visit to The Strat (new name of The Stratosphere), where he was shocked at how difficult the experience was regarding their new paid parking system: https://travelscholar.com/every-time...a-kitten-dies/

    Cliffs:

    - New paid parking system requires the scanning of a QR code with your phone, getting a text link to a website, entering credit card info, and then having to text or call to get out

    - Tons of people can't operate this system (or it's incompatible with their phone), and it holds up the line getting both in and out

    - The system charges everyone a $0.99 fee on top of whatever the parking charge is, in order to process payment

    - There is no validation of parking if you spend money at Strat. If you're not a card level high enough to get free parking, you simply don't get it


    What a fucking fail!

    Why is Strat even charging for parking? Don't they want to encourage visitors, given that they're in a bad part of town, away from everything else anyone would want to visit? Who would park there and then walk somewhere else? I'm guessing almost nobody.

    I really really hate shit which counts on QR Codes or other mobile based things in order to operate them. In fact, counting on everyone carrying a smartphone with them is a mistake in itself.
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    This is awful. 80 year old Grandma and Grandpa most likely won't be using Smartphones, so they won't get to play. This is a fucking huge fail like Dan pointed out.
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    I never liked having to park and walk the byzantine trail from the parking structure to the casino floor itself.
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