gopitt said:
Again, if you can't afford a couple of bucks this area is not for you. I also heard The George was very crowded. It's high end as are several of the restaurants. If you are dropping a buck and a half for dinner and drinks for two parking fees don't enter the equation. May be their way of keeping the place from being overcrowded. Whatever the case it's quite crowded most of the time.
For me it has nothing to do with money. The places there are already upscale, so a couple of bucks will make less than a 5% difference when I visit.
I don't want to have to know their fee schedule based on hours and location, choose the lot based on how long I want to stay, memorize my license plate, walk to a meter, wait in line, punch in my license plate, commit to how long I want to stay, fiddle with a credit card, walk back to my car to place the paper on the dash, remember what time I arrived, and constantly check my phone to make sure I'm not going to go over my original decision, and if I want to, walk all over creation to stay an extra 10 minutes.
There are lots of ways to implement paid parking that are less burdensome on patrons. They chose the worst model. I'm sure I will go back occasionally when circumstances outweigh the hassle, but not often. Instead, I will visit one of the many, many, fine establishments where I park and walk in, or even Northgate, which has multiple less burdensome paid parking options available, and won't tow my car if a slip of paper falls off my dashboard.
