# No more Elvis-themed weddings in Las Vegas chapels **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 1, 2022, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-elvis-themed-weddings-in-las-vegas-chapels/965533 "2022-06-01T22:56:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 33
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2022, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-elvis-themed-weddings-in-las-vegas-chapels/965533/33 "2022-06-02T18:36:36Z")
I lived in Las Vegas for 10 years. Got married while living there, but the wedding was not in Vegas and had no Elvii. However I did attend a different wedding in Las Vegas as explained in this post of mine from last year: > [@Wedding cost vs marriage duration](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wedding-cost-vs-marriage-duration/939610/28): > > Many years earlier while living in Las Vegas I had a different receptionist. Who was no rocket scientist but was down-to-earth and sweet as all get out. Her BF owned a small electrician service and moonlighted as an Elvis impersonator. They got married in a Vegas wedding chapel with him in his Elvis gear and her in a snazzy white dress despite her prior marriage and two kids in elementary school. My whole office attended and it was a real tearjerker - He sang _Love Me Tender_ while playing his guitar during his walk up the aisle. That joint would marry you for $50. We held a reception back at the office on my nickel. > > They’re still married ~30 years later. Though the chapel went out of business 10ish years ago. I walked by where it had been last weekend. When your marriage outlasts your wedding “church” you know you’re doing something right. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-elvis-themed-weddings-in-las-vegas-chapels/965533)._