On the surface paying for parking is a pain , unless you consider the whole situation . In the total cost of an evening out , six bucks for parking is nothing. Go anywhere in the country and see how much it costs to park at events--they'd jump for joy at only paying six bucks. I've paid 35 bucks to park at some arena's in the lower 48 .Go to a play downtown at the PAC and good luck finding parking . Getting into the Sully is the pain.They could offer parking passes that would speed up the flow and add another exit making it smoother on the way out as well. They could eliminate paying all the police overtime to monitor the parking lot which would save money .Put another way , if the Sully lost 800 grand last year , how much greater would the loss have been had they given free parking ? The Alaska Airline's arena isn't doing parking for free--they are giving away money the state gives the U of A instead of managing their facilities prudently . Mismanagement is hurting Anchorage taxpayers