Parking fees returning at MGM Resorts hotels on Vegas Strip

FILE - In this March 16, 2020, file photo, a couple ride the escalator outside The MGM Grand hotel-casino in Las Vegas. MGM Resorts International says it'll begin charging parking fees again at events and its Las Vegas Strip resorts. The move marks the end of free parking that lingered after pandemic-related casino shutdowns. In a statement on Tuesday, May 11, 2021, the company cited signs of economic recovery and increasing numbers of guests. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

FILE - In this June 18, 2013, file photo, the New York-New York hotel-casino, left, is seen from the Monte Carlo parking garage west of The Strip in Las Vegas. MGM Resorts International says it'll begin charging parking fees again at events and its Las Vegas Strip resorts. The move marks the end of free parking that lingered after pandemic-related casino shutdowns. In a statement on Tuesday, May 11, 2021, the company cited signs of economic recovery and increasing numbers of guests. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

FILE - In this March 19, 2021, file photo, vehicles and crowds move along the strip in Las Vegas. One big casino operator says it'll begin charging parking fees again at events and its Las Vegas Strip resorts. The move by MGM Resorts International marks the end of free parking that lingered after pandemic-related casino shutdowns. In a statement on Tuesday, May 11, 2021, the company cited signs of economic recovery and increasing numbers of guests. (Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File)