Graceland Wedding Chapel
| Graceland Wedding Chapel | |
|---|---|
 | |
 | |
 | |
| Former names | McKee's Gretna Green Wedding Chapel |
| General information | |
| Address | 619 Las Vegas Blvd. South Las Vegas NV 89101 |
| Website | |
| Official website | |
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 ever to conduct weddings performed by Elvis impersonators.[2]
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
- Fools Rush In (1997)
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
- The Amazing Race 15 (2009)
- The Hangover (2009)
Notable marriages
- Billy Ray Cyrus & Leticia Jean Finley (1993)[4]
- Jon Bon Jovi (1989)[4]
- Shawn Michaels, four-time world champion in wrestling
- Aaron Neville[5]
- Lawrence S. Phillips[6]
- Mark Scott Ricketts
- Rob Zombie & Sheri Moon-Zombie[5]
- Lorenzo Lamas & Kathleen Kinmont (1989)[4]
- Tom Bailey & Alannah Currie (1991)[4]
- Catherine Oxenberg & Casper Van Dien (1999)
- Danny Green,[7] four-time world-champion in boxing
See also
References
- ^ a b c Rick Garman (2009). "Graceland Wedding Chapel". Frommer's. John Wiley & Sons. Retrieved October 5, 2009.
- ^ a b c d e "Our History". Graceland Wedding Chapel. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
- ^ "Gretna Green Wedding Chapel". Vintage Las Vegas. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Celebrity Weddings in Vegas". Vegas.com. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
- ^ a b Carter, Geoff; Reid, C. Moon (February 14, 2019). "A first visit to new Downtown wedding chapel Sure Thing". Las Vegas Weekly. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
- ^ "Weddings; Roxane Frechie, Lawrence Phillips". The New York Times. October 24, 1993.
- ^ Lee, Sandra (April 13, 2008). "Going Green". The Daily Telegraph. News Limited. Retrieved February 24, 2013.
External links
