Mon Bel Ami Wedding Chapel Explained

Mon Bel Ami Wedding Chapel
Address:607 S Las Vegas Blvd
Las Vegas, NV 8910
Building Type:Chapel
Former Names:Silver Bell Wedding Chapel
Website:www.monbelami.com
Coordinates:36.163°N -115.1443°W

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]

History

Built in the 1950s, the venue was host to hundreds of thousands of weddings[3] as the 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] Jim Duszynski became owner in the 1960s and his father Leonard designed the famous neon wedding bells. The venue was also featured in the television movie 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]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mon Bel Ami Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas. Frommers. Frommers. 15 April 2015.
  2. Web site: Statistics. Clark County Nevada. Clark County Nevada. 16 April 2015.
  3. Web site: Las Vegas Wedding Chapels . 15 April 2015 . Road Trip America .
  4. Web site: Angie Dickinson Profile. Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen. Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen. 15 April 2015.
  5. Kashner. Sam. A Legend with Legs. Vanity Fair. January 2008 . Vanity Fair. 15 April 2015.
  6. Web site: Today in Las Vegas History. History Orb. History Orb. 15 April 2015.
  7. Book: Block. Marcelline. World Film Locations: Las Vegas. 2011. Intellect Books. 38 . 9781841505886. 15 April 2015.
  8. News: News briefs for Oct. 15, 2002. 15 April 2015. Las Vegas Sun. October 15, 2002.