Graceland Wedding Chapel

History and description

Built as a private residence in 1927, By the early 1940s it was called Gretna Green Wedding Chapel, named after the Scottish wedding destination of Gretna Green. Elvis Presley visited the chapel in 1967, while planning his wedding to Priscilla Beaulieu. According to Frommer's, Presley himself gave the owners of the chapel permission to use the Graceland name, but in fact it was not renamed until after the singer's death, the same year that Elvis-themed weddings began there.

The chapel is a small building, in the New England style, with a white picket fence. It holds 30 people.

In film and television

• Fools Rush In (1997)
• Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
• The Amazing Race 15 (2009)
• 90 Day Fiancé (2020)

Notable marriages

• Billy Ray Cyrus and Leticia Jean Finley, following the birth of Miley Cyrus (1993)
• Jon Bon Jovi (1989)
• Shawn Michaels, four-time world champion in wrestling (1999)
• Aaron Neville (1959)
• Lawrence S. Phillips (1993)
• Mark Scott Ricketts (1991)
• Rob Zombie and Sheri Moon-Zombie (2002)
• Lorenzo Lamas and Kathleen Kinmont (1989)
• Tom Bailey and Alannah Currie (1991)
• Catherine Oxenberg and Casper Van Dien (1999)
• Danny Green, (2002) four-time world-champion in boxing

References

References

1. Rick Garman. (2009). "Graceland Wedding Chapel". [[John Wiley & Sons]].
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3. "Gretna Green Wedding Chapel".
4. "Celebrity Weddings in Vegas".
5. (February 14, 2019). "A first visit to new Downtown wedding chapel Sure Thing". Las Vegas Weekly.
6. (October 24, 1993). "Weddings; Roxane Frechie, Lawrence Phillips". [[The New York Times]].
7. Lee, Sandra. (April 13, 2008). "Going Green". [[News Limited]].