WEDDING IN LAS VEGAS

Are you planning to have your wedding in Las Vegas? Getting married in Las Vegas is easy. Las Vegas Weddings are available for all styles, budgets, and locations. There are many hotel accommodations there to choose. The airfare cost is also reasonable. Obtaining a Las Vegas marriage license is a simple process.There are plenty of Las Vegas theme to offer you: Western style chapel. Bonnie Springs Old Nevada offer you an 1880s Old West mining town which is located west of Las Vegas in the Red Rock Canyon area. For Fantasy themed wedding chapel, you can use Chapels of Love. Located on the Las Vegas Strip, they also have a Cinderella Carriage.For a Venice themed wedding, choose Venetian Weddings. The Venetian is a Venice themed hotel located on the Las Vegas Strip. Many Las Vegas Hotels offer their own wedding chapels and wedding packages. The advantage of having your wedding on Las Vegas Hotel is you can get married and honeymoon all at the same location. An astounding 5.5% of all weddings in America take place in Las Vegas. That's more than 1 in every 20 weddings -- maybe the best odds in Vegas! Do you know someone who exchanged vows in front of "the King," or pinned a 'Just Married' sign to a pink Cadillac in Las Vegas?

Population

City of Las Vegas -- 478,434
City of Henderson -- 175,381
City of N. Las Vegas -- 115,488
Clark County -- 1,375,765
Nevada -- 1,998,257
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000

Between 4,000 and 6,000 people move into Clark County monthly.In 1999, 33.8 million people visited Las Vegas while in 2000 the number rose to 35.8 million. More than 3.8 million of those were convention delegates. In 2000 there were 124,270 hotel/motel rooms available.

Source: Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority Research

More than 35 wedding chapels. In the first five months of 1995, there were 44,104 wedding licenses issued including 158 in Laughlin. In 1994, 99,310 wedding licenses were issued in the Las Vegas area, with 79 in Laughlin. $35 license fee; Marriage License Bureau hours are 8 a.m. (0800) to midnight (2400) Monday through Thursday; 8 a.m. (0800) Friday to midnight (2400) Sunday; 24 hours all legal holidays in Nevada. On Valentine's Day weekend in 1994, 2,353 marriage licenses were issued. A license can be purchased in Laughlin 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Justice Court Clerk's office in the Regional Government Center, 101 Civic Way.

Name means "the meadows" in Spanish, founded in 1905, incorporated March 16, 1911, the city covers 84.272 square miles (219.1 square kilometers).

History of Las Vegas

Prehistoric Southern Nevada was a virtual marsh of abundant water and vegetation. As eons passed, the marsh receded. Rivers disappeared beneath the surface. The once teeming wetlands evolved into a parched, arid landscape that supported only the hardiest of plants and animals. Water trapped underground in the complicated geologic formations of the Las Vegas Valley sporadically surfaced to nourish luxuriant plants, creating an oasis in the desert as the life- giving water flowed to the Colorado River. Construction workers in 1993 discovered the remains of a Columbian mammoth that roamed the area during prehistoric times. Paleontologists estimate the bones to be 8,000 to 15,000 years old. Hidden for centuries from all but native Americans, the Las Vegas Valley oasis was protected from discovery by the surrounding harsh and unforgiving Mojave Desert. Mexican trader Antonio Armijo, leading a 60-man party along the Spanish Trail to Los Angeles in 1829, veered from the accepted route. While Armijo's caravan was camped Christmas Day about 100 miles northeast of present day Las Vegas, a scouting party rode west in search of water. An experienced young Mexican scout, Rafael Rivera, left the main party and ventured into the unexplored desert. Within two weeks, he discovered Las Vegas Springs.