Live like a king … for a price.

You may not be important but the down economy could help you live like someone who is — for a price.

The Las Vegas Hilton is offering the 46 suites that it traditionally reserves for celebrities and casino VIPs to all comers.

The suites include the three Sky Villas, which range in size of 12,000 square feet to 15,400 square feet, which sit atop the hotel.

Renting the suites isn’t cheap, though. Regular suites cost $1,700 to $3,100 per night, while the Sky Villas are priced from $7,000 to $13,500 per night.

“Follow in the steps of key government dignitaries, well-known celebrities, and other VIPs of the Las Vegas Hilton by booking one of our beautiful suites today,” the announcement said. “Formerly available only by exclusive invitation, The Classic Suites Collection can now be enjoyed by all of our guests.”

Although the hotel is hyping the rentals on its website, industry watchers note that the policy is a sharp change for Las Vegas hotels.

The rental offers are a sign the property is not getting the casino kind of guests it was getting before the recession, said David Schwartz, director of gaming research at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

Chuck Monster, founder of Las Vegas travel site vegastripping.com, said these types of suites almost never were offered to regular customers before the economic downturn.

“Any time they start having to give away stuff they didn’t have to give away before, or letting regular tourists have the opportunity to book some of these things, you know the demand is a little lower,” Monster said.

“On very rare occasions, we’ve seen some of the high-end suites show up on the market,” said Monster, who has been following the area hotel-casino industry since 2004. “It’s not all that often that some of these high-roller digs show up there.” Las Vegas Hilton’s revenues fell 32.7 percent between 2007 and 2009.