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LVCVA and County Clerk Lynn Marie Goya launch Forever Happens Here

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LVCVA and Clark County Clerk Lynn Marie Goya launch "Forever Happens Here"

With funding from Lynn Marie Goya's wedding tourism fund, the Las Vegas Visitor and Convention Bureau (LVCVA) has launched it first major national campaign devoted to weddings, Forever Happens Here. Showcasing the glamour and variety of wedding venues, locations and styles offered in Clark County, the new campaign is launching a series of short videos telling the Las Vegas wedding story.

“We’re thrilled for this new campaign as forever truly does happen here,” Clark County Clerk Lynn Marie Goya told KTNV. “We marry more destination wedding couples each year than anywhere else in the world and have so many amazing love stories to share. As we enter into our 5 millionth marriage license celebration, this campaign rings more true than ever.”

 

 

 

Las Vegas Offers Military Free Weddings

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LAS VEGAS OFFERS MILITARY FREE WEDDINGS

A Thank You To The Military By Steve Schorr September 21, 2017 6:27 PmLocal News

Courage, sacrifice, bravery, are not only words to the men and women serving in the military and our veterans who have served; they are a way of life.

Las Vegas’ legacy as the marriage capital of the world began in 1931 when it passed a law allowing couples to be married on the spot with no wait times and no blood tests. That began a storied course of beginnings for celebrities and millions of families. Now that legacy is being extended to active military and veterans.

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Clark County Changes Rules for Fake Marriages

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By Michael Scott Davidson Las Vegas Review-Journal

Clark County Clerk Lynn Goya has seen futures threatened by a single piece of missing paper.

The document is a marriage certificate. In the U.S. it could be vital to collecting a bevy of benefits, including those tied to health insurance, taxes and Social Security.

But for any of the tens of thousands of couples who tie the knot in Las Vegas each year, those benefits could be off the table if the officiant never files the proper paperwork with Goya.

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Las Vegas Wedding Industry Wants To Boost Marriage Rate

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By Bailey Schulz Las Vegas Review-Journal

August 26, 2017 – 10:42 am

Matthew and Christi Zenner started planning their wedding in their home state of Washington, but it didn’t take long for them to call it quits. All of the necessary arrangements — from the venue to the guest list — soon became too overwhelming, Christi Zenner said.

Her husband, Matthew Zenner, said they switched plans and booked a Las Vegas wedding instead for a quick, easy destination wedding.

“When you’re thinking about a low-maintenance, stress-free wedding, Vegas is what comes to mind,” he said.

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Getting Name Change After Marriage Could Become Easier In Nevada

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By BEN BOTKIN LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
February 27, 2017 – 11:10 am

CARSON CITY — It may be easier for someone who gets hitched in Nevada to get a name change.

Assembly Bill 204 would require that the new name a bride or groom plans to use after marrying be listed on the marriage license and certificate.

The bill allows a newly married person to change middle and or last names. For example, someone could change a middle name to his or her former last name and take on a spouse’s last name.

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Getting Married On Valentine’s Day? Preapply And Avoid Rush

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By MAX MICHOR LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
February 12, 2017 – 7:11 pm

Couples hoping to marry on Valentine’s Day can streamline their plans by preapplying for marriage licenses.

The days just before and after Valentine’s Day are the busiest days of the year at Clark County’s Marriage License Bureau, and lines are expected to be long, the county clerk’s office said.

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‘Las Vegas Is Truly The Romance Capital Of The World’

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By ROBIN LEACH NICHE DIVISION OF LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
February 10, 2017 – 11:30 am

With Valentine’s Day on Tuesday, our wedding chapels will shift into overdrive for romantic couples wanting to tie the knot or renew their vows. The economic impact from wedding tourism here is $2 billion. That was the 2015 figure computed for me by county clerk Lynn Goya.

Lynn also told me that of the annual 40 million-plus visitors, 4 percent are here to get married or renew vows. In 2015, 350,000 couples traveled here to get married, and 80 percent of them were younger than 40. “Yes, Millennials are getting married,” said Lynn. “And one-quarter of all the duos from Britain fly here just to get married.”

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Clark County Expects To Issue 10,000th Same-Sex Marriage License Next Week

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By MICHAEL SCOTT DAVIDSON LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
January 13, 2017 – 11:20 pm

The “wedding capital of the world” is on the cusp of issuing its 10,000th marriage license to a same-sex couple, and local businesses want to make sure the ceremony to come will be a lavish celebration.

The Clark County Clerk’s Marriage License Bureau has received an abundance of gifts for the couple including a two-night stay at Mandalay Bay, free wedding photography from Frick Photo and offers for free ceremonies from a handful of local resorts and wedding chapels.

In all, more than 25 businesses have donated gifts. Most are members of the Las Vegas Wedding Chamber of Commerce.

“We thought it was a great opportunity to say ‘thank you for getting married with us’ and celebrate the ‘same love, same rights’ (movement),” chamber president Kristen LaBuda said. “Marriage equality is just an important value to us here.”

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Clark County Wants to Create Online Public Records Archive Going Back to 1909

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By MICHAEL SCOTT DAVIDSON LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
November 28, 2016 – 9:54 am

Business proposals from reclusive billionaire Howard Hughes, candid photographs of alleged mob bosses, paperwork for plans to store nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain.

Those public records and more — the fabric of Clark County’s history — will be at the fingertips of anyone with a computer and internet access as an ongoing initiative by the county clerk’s office comes to fruition.

County Clerk Lynn Goya is on a mission to digitize every public record her office has in order to create an online archive of documents dating back to 1909, when Clark County was created by dividing Lincoln County.

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