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A Little White Wedding Chapel is a chapel in
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s; famously, the chapel offers a "Drive-Thru Tunnel of Vows" for quick, largely unplanned marriages.McCann, Dennis (2002-02-10). "Couples in Las Vegas take chance on true love", ''
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The chapel was built and opened in 1954 by Arvid and Neva Barnhart.Vintage Las Vegas
/ref> Charolette Richards bought the chapel in 1981. She came into the wedding business through marriage with Merle Richards, owner of Little Church of the West. Merle and Charolette Richards together opened Algiers' Little Church of the West in 1968. The couple later divorced, and Charolette went into business on her own with Little White Chapel. She has presided over the marriages of
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, Dame Joan Collins,
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. Mrs. Richards sold the chapel in 2022 to Cliff Evarts and Melody Willis-Williams. Similarly named Las Vegas wedding chapels, such as The Little Church of the West, The Little Chapel by the Courthouse, and the Chapel of the Flowers are often confused with A Little White Wedding Chapel. The Little Chapel by the Courthouse was also owned by We've Only Just Begun Inc. (Charolette Richards).


Notable weddings

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and Joanne Woodward (January 29, 1958) *
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and Mark Herron (November 14, 1965)White Wedding Chapel "Who Knew Drive Through Wedding Ceremonies Were So Romantic?"
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(July 19, 1966) *
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and Michael Tell (June 26, 1970) * Joan Collins and Peter Holm (November 3, 1985)Hatton, Spencer (November 26, 2006). "Why rent a castle when you've got the King?", '' Yakima Herald-Republic'', p. B1. *
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(November 21, 1987) *
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and Juanita Vanoy (September 2, 1989) * David Faustino and Andrea Elmer (January 24, 2000) * Natalie Maines and Adrian Pasdar (June 24, 2000) *
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(September 13, 2000) * Eva Longoria and Tyler Christopher (January 20, 2002) *
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and Jason Allen Alexander (January 3, 2004) * Henry Thomas and
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(May 10, 2004) * Rufus Hound and Beth Johnson (April 2007) * Pamela Anderson and Rick Salomon (October 6, 2007) * Peaches Geldof and Max Drummey (August 5, 2008) *
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and The-Dream (September 4, 2009) * Jordan Chan and Cherrie Ying (February 14, 2010) *
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(April 18, 2010) * Charlie Brooker and
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and Monica Diaz (August 20, 2010) *
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and Barry Herridge (December 8, 2011) * Eugenia Martínez de Irujo and Narcís Rebollo Melció (November 17, 2017) *
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In popular culture

The chapel has been featured on such TV shows as WWE '' Raw'', ''
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''. Michael Ross and Naomi Defensor, two cast members on the 2011 season of '' The Real World: Las Vegas'', participated in a mock wedding at the Chapel during the June 1, 2011 season finale of that series. The wedding scene depicted in the 2025 Oscar-winning film '' Anora'' was shot at A Little White Wedding Chapel in March 2023.


See also

* List of wedding chapels in Las Vegas


References


External links


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