Las Vegas, the city renowned for its vibrant nightlife and quickie weddings, is bracing for a record-breaking New Year's Eve.
The city's bustling wedding industry is anticipating an unprecedented number of couples tying the knot on the last day of 2023, a date known as a "specialty date" due to its repeating 1-2-3 1-2-3 pattern.
Melody Willis-Williams, president of Vegas Weddings, a company that operates multiple wedding venues, described the occasion as a "double whammy." She stated, "Anytime you get these specialty dates, theyre always hugely popular. But tie that in with New Years Eve and its a showstopper."
The current single-day record for marriages in Las Vegas stands at 4,492, set on July 7, 2007. The second-most popular specialty wedding date on record with the countys marriage bureau is November 11, 2011, when 3,125 couples exchanged vows.
However, the upcoming New Year's Eve is expected to surpass these numbers. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, New Years Eve has typically drawn between 450 to 550 couples to wed in Las Vegas since 2018. But this year, Vegas Weddings is fully booked at midnight across its multiple venues, including its iconic brown-brick chapel in downtown Las Vegas, complete with a white steeple and red awning.
Willis-Williams anticipates her company alone will wed more than 120 couples on New Years Eve, with five of those couples set to say their vows as the clock strikes midnight.
Clark County Clerk Lynn Marie Goya shared that couples who choose to marry on a specialty date in Las Vegas often describe them as "magic dates" that are easy to remember. Goya added, "I think the celebration that has a group dynamic is really appealing. When everyone is in line and theyre all getting married and excited about being in love, it just enhances their own experience."
As the city prepares for this momentous occasion, it's clear that Las Vegas is set to ring in the New Year with a flurry of wedding bells, marking a memorable start to 2024 for many couples.
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