Graceland Wedding Chapel
Las Vegas wedding chapel
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Graceland Wedding Chapel is a wedding chapel located in Las Vegas, Nevada that has been the site of many celebrity weddings. It is one of the oldest wedding chapels in Las Vegas[1] and claims to be the first chapel to conduct weddings performed by Elvis impersonators.[2]
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| Former names | McKee's Gretna Green Wedding Chapel |
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| Location | 619 Las Vegas Blvd. South Las Vegas NV 89101 |
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History and description
Built as a private residence in 1927,[2] it has been operating as a wedding chapel since at least 1939 when owner Ollie McKee began performing ceremonies.[3] By the early 1940s it was called Gretna Green Wedding Chapel, named after the Scottish wedding destination of Gretna Green.[2] Elvis Presley visited the chapel in 1967, while planning his wedding to Priscilla Beaulieu.[2] According to Frommer's, Presley himself gave the owners of the chapel permission to use the Graceland name,[1] but in fact it was not renamed until after the singer's death, the same year that Elvis-themed weddings began there.[2]
The chapel is a small building, in the New England style, with a white picket fence. It holds 30 people.[1]
In film and television
- Fools Rush In (1997)
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
- The Amazing Race 15 (2009)
- 90 Day Fiancé (2020)
Notable marriages
- Billy Ray Cyrus and Leticia Jean Finley, following the birth of Miley Cyrus (1993)[4]
- Jon Bon Jovi (1989)[4]
- Shawn Michaels, four-time world champion in wrestling (1999)
- Aaron Neville (1959) [5]
- Lawrence S. Phillips[6] (1993)
- Mark Scott Ricketts (1991)
- Rob Zombie and Sheri Moon-Zombie[5] (2002)
- Lorenzo Lamas and Kathleen Kinmont (1989)[4]
- Tom Bailey and Alannah Currie (1991)[4]
- Catherine Oxenberg and Casper Van Dien (1999)
- Danny Green, (2002) [7] four-time world-champion in boxing
