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From the nearly 26-year-old “Friends” episode, “The One in Vegas,” to the 2025 Oscar-nominated film “Anora,” Nevada has been famous for its wedding culture for decades.
But Nevada isn’t only known for its Vegas quickie weddings. Lake Tahoe also makes Northern Nevada a world-renowned wedding destination.
The Silver State attracts couples from all walks of life looking to get hitched, including stars. Here’s a look at the celebrity couples who said “I do” in the Silver State.
The list of celebrities who tied the knot in Vegas exceeds 200 people. The Office of the Clark County Clerk’s Celebrity Timeline lists the famous people who married there — some of whom are still together.
Here’s a list of the most recognizable names. If a celebrity or their spouse is recognized by multiple professions, for example singer Frank Sinatra and actress Mia Farrow, the couple will appear in both categories.
The “Clueless” actress Alicia Silverstone married long-time boyfriend Christopher Jarecki on the shores of Lake Tahoe in 2005.
Actor Elliott Gould (“M*A*S*H,” “Friends,” “Ocean’s 11”) and singer Barbara Streisand got married by a Carson City justice of the peace in a secret ceremony in 1963.
Part of it is the ease with which someone can get married in Las Vegas. You can get a marriage license in Sin City in less than an hour, according to the Clark County website. Not only that but there are several chapels that make the experience more exciting than a courthouse wedding.
A Las Vegas wedding has a cultural meaning all its own. Where else in the world can you get hitched in under an hour, by Elvis and surrounded by the glitz of Nevada neon?
As mentioned above, the list of celebrities that have been married in Las Vegas is substantial. So why do so many celebrities get hitched there?
Aside from the reasons listed above, Las Vegas is also a hub for entertainment so many celebrities go to Southern Nevada for work. It is also only a four hour drive from star-studded Los Angeles which makes Las Vegas a convenient spot to get married away from the attentions stars may get if they marry in Hollywood.
A recent Review-Journal letter to the editor mischaracterized Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto’s Southern Nevada Economic Development and Conservation Act, also known as the Clark County Lands bill. As the former executive director of the Nevada Conservation League, I wholeheartedly support this legislation, so I wanted to set the record straight.
Sen. Cortez Masto has been working on this bill for years in partnership with state and local governments, conservation groups like the NCL and local area tribes. It’s true that the Clark County lands bill would open 25,000 acres to help Las Vegas grow responsibly, while setting aside 2 million acres for conservation. It would also help create more affordable housing throughout the valley while ensuring our treasured public spaces can be preserved for generations to come.
What is not correct is that the money from these land sales would go to the federal government’s coffers. In fact, the opposite is true.
The 1998 Southern Nevada Public Lands Management Act is a landmark bill that identified specific public land for future sale and created a special account ensuring all land sale revenues would come back to Nevada. In accordance with that law 5 percent of revenue from land transfers goes to the state of Nevada for general education purposes, 10 percent goes to the Southern Nevada Water Authority for needed water infrastructure and 85 percent supports conservation and environmental mitigation projects in Southern Nevada. This legislation has provided billions to Clark County and will continue to benefit generations of Southern Nevadans. Sen. Cortez Masto’s lands bill builds upon the act’s success.
So here’s the good news: All of the money generated from land made available for sale under Sen. Cortez Masto’s bill would be sent to the special account created by the 1998 law. Rather than going to an unaccountable federal government, the proceeds would continue to help kids in Vegas get a better education, bolster outdoor recreation and modernize Southern Nevada’s infrastructure.
I know how important it is that money generated from the sale of public land in Nevada stay in the hands of Nevadans, and so does the senator. That’s why she opposed a Republican effort last year to sell off 200,000 acres of land in Clark County and other areas of the country that would have sent those dollars directly to Washington.
Public land management in Nevada should benefit Nevadans. We should protect sacred cultural sites and beloved recreation spaces, responsibly transfer land for affordable housing when needed and ensure our state has the resources it needs to grow sustainably. I will continue working with Sen. Cortez Masto to advocate for legislation, such as the Clark County lands bill, that puts the needs of Nevadans first.
Paul Selberg writes from Las Vegas.
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Las Vegas High’s baseball team claimed a 3-2 home win over Coronado on Friday.
Las Vegas (9-13-1) next hosts Rancho at 10 a.m. Saturday. Coronado (13-14) hosts Chaparral at 3:30 p.m. Monday.
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LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Nevada’s jobless rate is holding steady, but the state is still adding jobs.
A new report from DETR shows February’s unemployment rate unchanged at 5.3 percent, with the labor force growing by nearly 3,800 people.
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Nevada now has about 1.6 million nonfarm jobs, up 2.2 percent over the past year and 1,500 more jobs than in January.
“This month’s report shows a strengthening labor market,” said David Schmidt, Chief Economist. ”Compared to the report for January, the pace of job gains in the past year increased from 1.9% to 2.2%, building on what was already the fastest pace of job growth in the country. While the unemployment rate remained stable, the labor force participation rate rose to 63.7%, 1.7 percentage points higher than the national level.”
In Las Vegas, employment ticked up by 1,100 jobs in February, about 0.1 percent, and is up more than 25,000 jobs compared to last year.
Reno added 1,000 jobs on the month, while Carson City shed about 200 but is still slightly above where it was a year ago.
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