| Graceland Wedding Chapel | |
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| Former names | McKee's Gretna Green Wedding Chapel |
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| Address | 619 Las Vegas Blvd. South Las Vegas NV 89101 |
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Graceland Wedding Chapel is a wedding chapel located in Las Vegas, Nevada that has been the site of many celebrity weddings. It is one of the oldest wedding chapels in Las Vegas [1] and claims to be the first chapel ever to conduct weddings performed by Elvis impersonators. [2]
Built as a private residence in 1927, [2] it has been operating as a wedding chapel since at least 1939 when owner Ollie McKee began performing ceremonies. [3] By the early 1940s it was called Gretna Green Wedding Chapel, named after the Scottish wedding destination of Gretna Green. [2] Elvis Presley visited the chapel in 1967, while planning his wedding to Priscilla Beaulieu. [2] According to Frommer's, Presley himself gave the owners of the chapel permission to use the Graceland name, [1] but in fact it was not renamed until after the singer's death, the same year that Elvis-themed weddings began there. [2]
The chapel is a small building, in the New England style, with a white picket fence. It holds 30 people. [1]
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