Everything is becoming elitist now because business knows the rest of us have no money; they took it all.
It's happening in Hollywood, in sports, in travel, and even in gaming. The "intended" experience is now aimed very pointedly at those who have money to spend, and these days the only folks who do have outrageous amounts. Everyone else gets whatever cut-rate, uncomfortable, not-even-best-effort version that they feel like making available… if they even do.