How much does parking cost on the Las Vegas Strip?

Strip resort garages typically run about $18 an hour for visitors without a stay or loyalty status, with a median monthly rate near $175 for those who park regularly. On major event nights, hourly rates can surge to roughly 2.5x the normal rate. Many resorts still offer free self-parking for hotel guests and loyalty members, so your real cost depends on your status.

Is parking cheaper downtown or in the suburbs?

Yes, substantially. Downtown and Fremont Street parking runs around $10 an hour with a median monthly near $90, while suburban Summerlin and Henderson are mostly free with nominal paid-lot rates around $3 an hour and $35 to $40 a month. The estimator lets you compare any district side by side.

What is event surge parking and when does it apply?

On nights with major concerts, fights, conventions, or sporting events, Las Vegas garages — especially on the Strip and downtown — raise their hourly rates well above normal. This tool models that with a per-district surge multiplier (about 2.5x on the Strip) applied only to the number of event days you enter, so your estimate reflects real peak pricing.

How is my monthly parking cost calculated for hourly lots?

The tool multiplies your hours parked per day by the district hourly rate to get a normal-day cost, then prices any event-surge days at the higher surge rate. It multiplies normal days by the normal rate, adds event days at the surge rate, and sums them for the month. Annual cost is simply the monthly figure times twelve.

Should I get a monthly permit or pay per visit?

Switch the pricing basis to monthly to see the flat permit cost, then compare it against your hourly/daily total. If you park most weekdays in a high-rate district like the Strip or downtown, a flat monthly permit usually beats paying hourly. For occasional visits or suburban areas, pay-per-visit is almost always cheaper.

Las Vegas Parking Cost Estimator — Daily, Monthly & Annual by District

Parking in Las Vegas ranges from free in the suburbs to genuinely expensive on the Strip during a big event. This estimator uses district-specific median rates — monthly garage prices, typical hourly rates, and event-day surge multipliers — to project what you will actually spend per day, per month, and per year wherever you park in the Valley.

How it works

Each neighborhood carries three numbers: a median monthly garage rate, a typical hourly rate, and an event surge multiplier. The estimator runs one of two models in your browser.

Hourly/daily lots (pay per visit):

Normal-day cost = Hourly rate x Hours per day Event-day cost = Hourly rate x Hours per day x Surge multiplier Monthly = (Normal days x Normal-day cost) + (Event days x Event-day cost)

Flat monthly garage/permit:

Monthly = District median monthly rate Annual = Monthly x 12

The Strip carries the highest rates and the steepest surge (around 2.5x on event nights), while Summerlin and Henderson are mostly free with low nominal lot rates.

District rate guide

District	Median monthly	Typical hourly	Event surge
The Strip	$175	$18	2.5x
Downtown / Fremont	$90	$10	1.8x
UNLV / Midtown	$60	$6	1.3x
Arts District	$70	$8	1.5x
Summerlin	$40	$3	1.1x
Henderson	$35	$3	1.1x

Worked example

A commuter parks downtown 8 hours a day, 22 days a month, with 2 event-surge days:

Normal day: $10 x 8 = $80.00
Event day: $10 x 8 x 1.8 = $144.00
Monthly: (20 x $80) + (2 x $144) = $1,888.00
Annual: $22,656.00

At that volume a flat $90/mo downtown permit is dramatically cheaper — exactly the comparison the monthly mode is for.

Notes

Strip resorts frequently waive self-parking for hotel guests and loyalty-tier members; if that applies to you, your real cost can be $0.
Rates fluctuate with demand and change between operators. Treat these as Valley-typical medians, not quotes.

All calculations run locally — nothing is sent anywhere.