Modern A-List Icon July 16, 2022 (12:30 AM)
Ben Affleck & Jennifer Lopez
Twenty years after their first 2002 engagement, Affleck and Lopez flew into Las Vegas on a Saturday night, stood in line with four other couples at the Downtown Marriage License Bureau (201 E. Clark Ave), and arrived at A Little White Wedding Chapel just before midnight.
Iconic Vegas Detail: Chapel staff kept the doors open a few extra minutes past midnight, let them snap photos inside the pink Cadillac convertible parked at the chapel, and played the wedding march off a small Bluetooth speaker.
Proved that even Hollywood royalty stands in the exact same $102 Clark County Marriage License line open until midnight!
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Post-Grammys 2 AM Elvis April 4, 2022 (1:45 AM)
Kourtney Kardashian & Travis Barker
Directly after the 64th Annual Grammy Awards at MGM Grand, Kourtney and Travis rolled up in leather jackets to One Love Wedding Chapel in the Downtown Arts District at 1:45 AM requesting an Elvis tribute minister and zero outside paparazzi.
Iconic Vegas Detail: Because the Clark County Marriage License Bureau had just closed at midnight and they hadn’t picked up a license beforehand, their 2:00 AM Elvis ceremony was a symbolic "practice wedding" before their legal courthouse & Portofino vows!
Lesson for couples: pick up your $102 license at 201 E. Clark Ave BEFORE midnight even if your chapel stays open 24 hours!
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Elvis + In-N-Out Editorial September 7, 2020
Lily Allen & David Harbour
British pop star Lily Allen (wearing a vintage 1960s double-breasted Dior mini-dress and veil) and Stranger Things star David Harbour wed at Historic Chapel Row’s Graceland Wedding Chapel officiated by legendary Elvis tribute artist Brendan Paul.
Iconic Vegas Detail: Immediately after walking out onto Las Vegas Boulevard, the newlyweds skipped five-star resort dining and crushed Double-Double burgers in wedding attire outside In-N-Out Burger — spawning an entire decade of Vegas elopement photo trends.
The single most pinned modern Elvis + fast-food editorial wedding in Las Vegas history.
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Ring Pops & Livestream May 1, 2019 (Post-Billboard Awards)
Joe Jonas & Sophie Turner
Less than two hours after performing at the Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Joe Jonas and Game of Thrones star Sophie Turner slipped away to A Little White Wedding Chapel with country duo Dan + Shay singing "Speechless" acapella down the aisle.
Iconic Vegas Detail: They exchanged candy Ring Pops instead of diamond bands while DJ Diplo accidentally livestreamed the entire surprise Elvis ceremony on Instagram.
Legally married in Nevada weeks ahead of their formal château celebration in Provence, France.
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37+ Years Rock Royalty April 29, 1989
Jon Bon Jovi & Dorothea Hurley
At the height of the #1 New Jersey Arena Tour, Jon Bon Jovi and his high-school sweetheart Dorothea Hurley secretly flew from Los Angeles to Las Vegas on an off-night, took a cab straight to Graceland Wedding Chapel, and asked their taxi driver to stand in as legal witness.
Iconic Vegas Detail: Zero managers, zero publicists, and zero guests — and over three and a half decades later, they remain one of rock music’s longest-lasting marriages.
Married 37+ years and counting — Graceland Wedding Chapel’s most celebrated lifelong love story.
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$189 Blue-Jeans Elopement May 5, 2000
Angelina Jolie & Billy Bob Thornton
During a break from filming, 24-year-old Oscar winner Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton walked into the historic 1942 redwood Little Church of the West wearing blue jeans and a grey tank top and booked a basic 20-minute ceremony package.
Iconic Vegas Detail: The entire chapel ceremony reportedly cost $189 — proving that the oldest freestanding wooden chapel on the Las Vegas Strip treats spontaneous walk-ins and movie stars identically.
Held inside the only Las Vegas Strip chapel listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
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90s Supermodel Classic December 12, 1991
Cindy Crawford & Richard Gere
Supermodel Cindy Crawford (wearing a navy Armani suit) and actor Richard Gere chartered a last-minute private jet from Los Angeles to Las Vegas with Herb Ritts as best man/photographer and exchanged vows wrapped in aluminum-foil rings inside Little Church of the West.
Iconic Vegas Detail: They picked Little Church of the West specifically for its candlelit California redwood walls and quiet garden courtyard south of Mandalay Bay.
Cemented 90s tailored-suit bridal chic in Las Vegas.
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3:30 AM Midnight Vows September 2, 1989 (3:30 AM)
Michael Jordan & Juanita Vanoy
Just before the Chicago Bulls dynasty era tipped off, NBA legend Michael Jordan and Juanita Vanoy arrived at A Little White Wedding Chapel at 3:30 in the morning with four close friends for a quiet 15-minute ceremony.
Iconic Vegas Detail: Shows why late-night and 24-hour Downtown Chapel Row hours have been a Vegas staple for athletes and performers for generations.
Married for 17 years following their 3:30 AM Chapel Row vows.
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The Wedding That Defined Vegas May 1, 1967 (9:41 AM)
Elvis Presley & Priscilla Beaulieu
At 9:41 AM on May 1, 1967, Nevada Supreme Court Justice David Zenoff married Elvis Presley (in a black paisley brocade silk tuxedo) and Priscilla Beaulieu (in a pearl-trimmed chiffon gown and 3-foot tulle veil) inside an upstairs suite at Milton Prell’s Aladdin Hotel on the Center Strip.
Iconic Vegas Detail: Their 8-minute civil ceremony was followed by a $10,000 champagne breakfast reception and 6-tier yellow sponge cake — turning Las Vegas overnight into the undisputed Wedding Capital of the World.
Three years earlier, Elvis also filmed Viva Las Vegas (1964) with Ann-Margret inside Little Church of the West!
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WWII Golden-Age Hollywood July 5, 1943 (4:15 AM)
Betty Grable & Harry James
America’s #1 WWII pin-up movie star Betty Grable and big-band trumpeter Harry James tied the knot at 4:15 AM inside the brand-new Little Church of the West (originally built in 1942 as part of the Old West village at Hotel Last Frontier).
Iconic Vegas Detail: The very first blockbuster Hollywood wedding inside Little Church of the West — which still uses its original 1942 redwood pews and Victorian lamps today!
Married 22 years; kicked off 80+ years of Hollywood stars eloping down Highway 91.
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Classic Hollywood Legend November 14, 1965
Judy Garland & Mark Herron
Wizard of Oz and A Star Is Born legend Judy Garland married actor Mark Herron in a swift, intimate ceremony beneath the pitched wooden rafters of Little Church of the West.
Iconic Vegas Detail: One of more than two dozen Golden-Age Oscar and Emmy winners to sign the Little Church of the West guestbook alongside Zsa Zsa Gabor and Mickey Rooney.
Historic plaque and celebrity archive still celebrated on the chapel grounds today.
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Pop Culture Flashpoint January 3, 2004 (Early Morning)
Britney Spears & Jason Alexander
Pop superstar Britney Spears and childhood friend Jason Alexander took a lime-green hotel limo from Palms Casino Resort to the Marriage License Bureau and down the aisle of A Little White Wedding Chapel wearing a trucker hat and torn jeans.
Iconic Vegas Detail: Annulled 55 hours later — forever reminding couples that a Clark County Marriage License ceremony is 100% real, binding US law the second the minister says "I pronounce you"!
Annulled after 55 hours — proof that Nevada legal marriages carry full legal weight immediately.
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90s Chapel Row Lore November 14, 1998 (7:00 AM)
Dennis Rodman & Carmen Electra
Five-time NBA champion Dennis Rodman and Baywatch star Carmen Electra exchanged vows at 7:00 AM at Little Chapel of the Flowers on Historic Chapel Row before Chapel of the Flowers completed its luxury multi-chapel campus transformation.
Iconic Vegas Detail: Today Chapel of the Flowers sits on that exact Las Vegas Boulevard acre as one of the highest-rated, manicured three-chapel luxury venues in Nevada.
A classic 1990s Chapel Row time capsule on a campus now famous for glass gardens and marble sanctuaries.
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Punk Rock Museum Era 2023 – Present
Punk Rock Royalty & Musician-Officiated Vows
Founded by NOFX frontman Fat Mike next to Downtown Chapel Row, The Punk Rock Museum built an authentic, sticker-plastered rock wedding chapel inside the museum where touring punk legends (CJ Ramone, Fletcher Dragge, Fat Mike, Smelly) step behind the podium as ordained ministers.
Iconic Vegas Detail: Packages include museum admission, rehearsal-room guitar amps, and a shot at the Triple Down Bar right after signing your legal Clark County license.
Las Vegas’s newest cult-favorite music landmark for rock and alternative couples.
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