Mon Bel Ami Wedding Chapel

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Mon Bel Ami Wedding Chapel
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Mon Bel Ami Wedding Chapel
Former names Silver Bell Wedding Chapel
General information
TypeChapel
Address607 S Las Vegas Blvd
Las Vegas, NV 8910
Coordinates 36°09′47″N115°08′39″W / 36.162979°N 115.144277°W / 36.162979; -115.144277 Coordinates: 36°09′47″N115°08′39″W / 36.162979°N 115.144277°W / 36.162979; -115.144277
Website
www.monbelami.com

Mon Bel Ami Wedding Chapel is a wedding chapel located on Las Vegas Boulevard in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Established in 2003, the chapel is a modern renovation of the Silver Bell Wedding Chapel which was built in the 1950s. [1] The venue hosts weddings, vow renewals, commitment ceremonies, same-sex weddings and wedding receptions for couples traveling to Las Vegas to get married from all over the world. [2]

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History

Built in the 1950s, the venue was host to hundreds of thousands of weddings [3] as Silver Bell Wedding Chapel, including the celebrity weddings of Burt Bacharach and Angie Dickenson in 1965 [4] [5] and Rodney Dangerfield to Joan Child in 1993. [6] The venue was also featured in the television movie Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas and the film Lost in America. [7] In 2002 a fire damaged most of the building. [8] It was sold and renovated under new ownership and re-opened as Mon Bel Ami Wedding Chapel in 2003. [1]

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