For better or worse, the wave of couples saying “I do” in Las Vegas on New Year’s Eve could set a record for the city’s busiest wedding day.
That’s because 12/31/23 is known in the massive Las Vegas wedding industry as a “special date,” thanks to a repeating 1-2-3 1-2-3 pattern, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports.
icing on the cake? This special date falls on a holiday known for its explosive celebrations.
“It’s a double whammy,” said Melody Willis-Williams, president of Vegas Weddings, which operates multiple venues. “Whenever you get this special date, it’s always very popular. But tie that in with New Year’s Eve and it’s a show.”
The number to beat on New Year’s Eve was 4,492 — a one-day record for a wedding in Las Vegas set on July 7, 2007.
The second most popular special wedding date on record with the county marriage bureau was November 11, 2011, when 3,125 couples tied the knot.
Decorations decorate The Wedding Chapel at Vegas Weddings on Dec. 19. 2023, in Las Vegas. AP
Typically, New Year’s Eve has attracted between 450 and 550 couples to get married in Las Vegas since 2018, the Journal of Studies reports.
But not this year for Vegas Weddings.
The company is fully booked by midnight at several of its venues, including a small brown-brick church in downtown Las Vegas with a white steeple and red awning.
Willis-Williams said her company alone expects to marry more than 120 couples on New Year’s Eve.
Five of the couples will tie the knot just as the clock counts down to midnight.
New Year’s Eve has attracted between 450 and 550 couples to get married in Las Vegas since 2018, the Review Journal reported. Getty Images
Clark County Clerk Lynn Marie Goya said the couple who got married on a special date in Las Vegas described it as a “magical date” that was easy to remember.
“I think a celebration that has a group dynamic is very interesting,” said Goya. “When everyone is lined up and they’re all getting married and excited to be in love, it just enhances their own experience.”
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