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((More citations needed|date=July 2009))
((short description|History of "Marriage Capital of the World"))
'''Las Vegas weddings''' refers to wedding ceremonies held in [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]], which came to be known as the "Marriage Capital of the World" because of the ease of acquiring a [[marriage license]] and the minimal costs involved. The city continues to be known as a popular wedding destination for the same reasons, but also as a result of the various types of weddings available.

==Marriage license==
Nevada marriage licenses are considered notoriously easy to get; there is no blood test or required waiting period. Las Vegas has streamlined the process further. Once an application for a marriage license is completed online and presented to the marriage license bureau in-person along with $102.00 and a government-issued [[photo identification]], a marriage license may be obtained within minutes until midnight every night.<ref>((Cite web |title=Welcome to Clark County, NV |url=https://www.clarkcountynv.gov/government/elected_officials/county_clerk/how_to_get_married_in_las_vegas.php |access-date=2023-08-30 |website=www.clarkcountynv.gov |language=en))</ref> The ease of getting married was historically a deliberate choice of Nevada lawmakers to promote tourism.<ref>((cite news |last1=Bernard |first1=Zoe |date=October 4, 2021 |title=How Las Vegas became the world's quickie wedding capital |work=The Hustle |url=https://thehustle.co/how-las-vegas-became-the-worlds-quickie-wedding-capital/ |access-date=November 3, 2023)) ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103230637/https://thehustle.co/how-las-vegas-became-the-worlds-quickie-wedding-capital/|date=November 3, 2023))</ref>

Within one year of receipt of the marriage license a wedding ceremony must be performed in order to have a legal union, and marriages are legal and binding throughout the United States under the [[Full Faith and Credit Clause]], as well as most other countries.<ref name="County Clerk – Marriage Licenses">[http://www.clarkcountynv.gov/Depts/clerk/Services/Pages/MarriageLicenses.aspx "County Clerk – Marriage Licenses"] ((Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140115213026/http://www.clarkcountynv.gov/Depts/clerk/Services/Pages/MarriageLicenses.aspx|date=January 15, 2014)). Clark County, Nevada. Retrieved May 30, 2012.</ref>

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|2004||125,967||2,224,000||5.7
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|2005||121,282||2,230,000||5.4
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|2006||112,531||2,160,000||5.2
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==Wedding venues==
[[Image:Chapel of the Flowers 2.jpg|thumb|right|Chapel of the Flowers, one of the many wedding chapels in Las Vegas]]
There are numerous options for wedding ceremonies in Las Vegas. One of the least expensive option, costing under one hundred dollars, is to marry at the Office of Civil Marriages.<ref>[http://www.clarkcountynv.gov/Depts/clerk/Services/Pages/CivilMarriages.aspx "County Clerk – Civil Marriages"]. Clark County, Nevada. Retrieved November 27, 2012.</ref>

Most weddings performed in Las Vegas may be a civil or religious service depending upon the wedding venue selected.<ref name="LAT 20190212"/>

Most of the city's major hotels have wedding chapels and many of the local restaurants offer wedding ceremonies. Weddings may also be performed in one of the local churches, synagogues, at one of the many golf courses, or at a free standing wedding chapel. [[Drive-thru]] weddings are also available.<ref name="LAT 20190212">((Cite news |last=Montero |first=David |date=February 15, 2019 |title=Valentine vows in Vegas: Wedding chapels add renewal ceremonies and more as marriages decline |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-vegas-wedding-millennials-20190212-story.html |access-date=February 16, 2009))</ref>

===Wedding chapels===
((main|List of wedding chapels in Las Vegas))
The majority of the newer wedding chapels are located on the [[Las Vegas Strip]]. A local law in the 1970s made it impossible to build a free standing wedding chapel on the Las Vegas Strip. The older wedding chapels will be found downtown.

==Themed weddings==
Many chapels also offer themed weddings. Common themes include [[Hawaii]]an, [[Fairy Tale]], [[Star Trek]], [[Star Wars]], [[Goth subculture|Gothic]], [[Halloween]], and weddings with an [[Elvis impersonator]] or [[Michael Jackson impersonator]]. The [[Tropicana Las Vegas|Tropicana]] has offered a "rock star" wedding officiated by former [[Quiet Riot]] frontman [[Paul Shortino]].<ref>((cite news |author=Susan Stapleton |date=February 2, 2015 |title=Only in Vegas: Get married by rock star Paul Shortino |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url=http://www.latimes.com/travel/lasvegas/lasvegasnow/la-tr-lvn-las-vegas-weddings-20150201-story.html |access-date=March 30, 2015))</ref> Every year an electronic dance festival called [[Electric Daisy Carnival]] held at the [[Las Vegas Motor Speedway]] offers couples to marry during the festival with varied themes, these packages are an option when purchasing entry, prices range from a couple hundred dollars to under a thousand dollars.

==Outside Las Vegas==
Second in popularity to the wedding chapel option is to have a ceremony performed outdoors somewhere in the surrounding Las Vegas area.

==See also==
*[[Graceland Wedding Chapel]]
*[[Chapel of the Flowers]]

==References==
((reflist))

((Wedding))
((Types of marriages|state=autocollapse))

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[[Category:Weddings in the United States]]
[[Category:Marriage in Nevada]]

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