Say goodbye to drunken Vegas weddings

[Jenn! 918]

'No you don't' to wee-hour 'I do's'

By Tony Cook

Las Vegas Sun

Clark County could have saved Britney Spears a lot of grief if it had cut the graveyard shift at its marriage license bureau 2 1/2 years ago.

After a night of clubbing at the Palms, the pop singer infamously married a childhood friend from Louisiana about 5:30 a.m. at the Little White Wedding Chapel on Las Vegas Boulevard. After catching up on sleep, Spears had the marriage annulled two days later.

For better or worse, getting hitched on the spur of the moment is a long-standing tradition in Las Vegas, where weddings have been no exception to the city's 24/7 lifestyle.

But as of next week, spontaneous late night I-do's will become just another footnote in this town's fabled history.

Citing a tight budget, Clark County commissioners last week granted County Clerk Shirley Parraguirre's request to reduce hours at the Marriage License Bureau, eliminating the office's weekend and holiday midnight-to-8 a.m. shift.

Starting Aug. 30, the bureau will be open from 8 a.m. to midnight seven days a week.

Some people already are losing sleep over the change.

"You are talking to one unhappy girl right here," said Charolette Richards, president of the Little White Wedding Chapel.

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Richards, however, said the change would probably have a negative effect on her business.

"I am really hurt and disturbed about it," she said.

She's also not looking forward to turning away out-of-town couples who come knocking on the chapel's door after midnight.

"I think it's an unjust thing to people who come in from other places. They think this is a 24-hour town," she said. "People are going to come here expecting the marriage license office to be open."

Still, Richards is not relinquishing her resolve to give folks cheap weddings on the fly.

"Just because the marriage license office closes doesn't mean we're going to," she said. "They are just going to have to get their marriage license before midnight."

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[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Money problems? Money pours into that town.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

We got our license at 2am. It was planned but we went late because we assumed there would be less of a line. There was a huge line

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

same here! I struggle to believe that there isn't huge demand 24-7 -- well, at least on the weekends

[wherezdabearz 0]

Britney's drunken choice of husband looked like more of a keeper than the one she picked when sober

Edited August 23, 2006 by wherezdabearz

[hockeygal 0]

gosh darn it. And I was headed that way next week. So much for a spontaneous wedding by Elvis....

[almaty 19]

damn, i wish that had done it years ago.,.could have saved me some grief

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

You can still get married 24 hours. You just have to get your license during the new hours.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

You can still get married 24 hours. You just have to get your license during the new hours.

Yeah. And if you decide to go the civil marriage route, you get the license, walk across the street and stand in line to get married. You can go from standing in line for the license to being married in less than an hour (or 10 minutes, if you don't have to stand in line anywhere).

[rclouse 0]

"8 hours? But I want to marry this drunken crack ####### NOW!"

/shamelessy stolen

[Jenn! 918]

"8 hours? But I want to marry this drunken crack ####### NOW!"

/shamelessy stolen

seems we frequent the same site...that's what got my attention!