We recently parked in there a couple times and honestly no one was collecting money in or out of the lot. The gates were up. But I did notice this trip that no one seemed to be parking along the fence which is where we usually park. There was only one car there and police were circling around and stopped at the car. Not sure what happened after that. (We were there on the 22nd when a lady and some girls ran their car up over the center divider. An officer and some other guys helped to push the car back on the road. After that the cops kept circling around. ) In all honesty though $4 isn't that much if you are going over to Marty's, Sunset or one of the other local bars.