Cheapovegas sold

Someone reported on another board that the cheapovegas website has been recently sold. Cheapo used to be a great resource for information on all things cheap in Las Vegas. I checked out the website this morning and do not like the changes that have been made to date. The new owners are obviously profit oriented and are pushing some very marginal "deals" on rooms and entertainment Their willingness and ability to keep the existing information current remains to be seen.

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I made the same post on a few other boards and one of the, now former, owners replied as follows:

Westie is correct. As of this week, Cheapovegas, CheapoReno and CheapoTravel are under new ownership. We ran them as a hobby for twelve years, and decided that, if not now, then in a few years we would no longer be able to keep up with the city and the latest Internet technologies.

When we owned it, nobody made a living or got paid from it (although, we paid for our hotel rooms and meals in Vegas). The bulk of the site profits went to a foundation in Mark Sinclair's name. The sale will give the foundation a lot more money, and it will be distributed to charitable causes. So, the sale is a good thing for causes like malaria treatment in Africa, distributing bicycles in the third world, equalizing funding between inner-city and suburban schools.

As part of the sale, we negotiated to keep the Big Empire's "Las Vegas on 25 Cents a Day" pages. We even posted a new trip report , and have an epic adventure from June to come. So, that's where we'll be hanging out, making our snide comments and posting our trip reports. We aren't dead yet.

Fred C. Dobbs

I noticed the changes this week. Sad to see it happen, that site was unique among Vegas sites in that it was at once informative and hilarious. I'll never forget their description of the pool facilities at El Cortez, saying they were good only for those who enjoy "splashing around on concrete". Those guys are the best, their aborted relationship with HP notwithstanding.

Shame, but glad to see Stinky's legacy will benefit.

Very interesting, Westie! Thanks for that information! I have liked that site and its useful, interesting and definitely at times entertaining information that the runners of the site have (had) provided.
But then again, having said that, especially since these people have been doing this all as a hobby, I can understand where they might have really considered selling it to someone else.

I do hope that the upcoming information that the rest of the site that the new management provides will not become too bad or misleading.

Maybe at the "Las Vegas On 25 Cents A Day" section, they can put a disclaimer saying that the rest of the site has been sold and that they can not now verify whether the "deals" that the new management offers are actually worthwhile!

RecVPPlayer

+1

Okay. The new owners have severely monetized the site, and this is a bit off-putting. But, Casino Boy is still there, as is the irreverence. At least, so far.

And, the snarky commentary -- including the joke about the ElCo pool -- has not been deleted. You just have to employ additional clickage to find it.

Could be worse. That's all I'm saying.

your pal,
the devil's advocate

Too bad. That was one of my favorite sites. Not just for the humorous information, but I liked to use it as a link page to the casinos. The links have been removed.

I also used it as a link page. Did you see the room rates they are advertising? Outrageous! I deleted it from my favorites.

The casino list can still be found at the bottom of the main page. However, when one navigates to an individual casino's writeup, the link to the casino's website has been removed.

The reports on 25 cents were the best part of that site and I have been really sad to see the reports dwindle over the years, although I understand it was mainly d/t losing "stinky." I'm really glad they will keep control of that site and are posting again.