LAS VEGAS ( FOX5 ) — Business owners were unsuccessful in swaying Mayor Shelley Berkley, who announced there are no plans to reverse a recent parking increase in downtown Las Vegas.

Visitors now pay $1 more per hour to park in the Arts District, an increase local shops say is bad for business. The change went into effect last month and increases street parking and surface lots by $1 per hour, making meters in the city between $2 and $4 per hour depending on location.

“The prices are getting outrageous around here,” one visitor said during First Friday, a monthly event that typically draws large crowds to the Arts District.

For the first time since 2019, the City of Las Vegas raised downtown parking prices. Visitors in the Arts District said they were not happy about the change.

“That

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