Mon Bel Ami Wedding Chapel

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]

Mon Bel Ami Wedding Chapel
Former namesSilver Bell Wedding Chapel
General information
TypeChapel
Address607 S Las Vegas Blvd
Las Vegas, NV 8910
Coordinates36°09′47″N 115°08′39″W
Website
www.monbelami.com

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]

See also

References

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