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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Reviving the Las Vegas Wedding Industry

Las Vegas is the wedding capital of the world. More than 128,000 couples got hitched in Vegas in 2004, but that number has dropped by more than a third in just a decade. As fewer people head to the desert to be joined in holy matrimony by an Elvis Presley impersonator, an industry is losing about $1 billion a year. Conor Shine

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By Madeleine Brand • Jul 23, 2015 • 1 min read

Las Vegas is the wedding capital of the world. More than 128,000 couples got hitched in Vegas in 2004, but that number has dropped by more than a third in just a decade. As fewer people head to the desert to be joined in holy matrimony by an Elvis Presley impersonator, an industry is losing about $1 billion a year.Conor Shine

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    Madeleine Brand

    Host, 'Press Play'

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    Matt Holzman

    Producer, 'The Document'

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    Anna Scott

    Former KCRW Housing and Homelessness Reporter

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    Jolie Myers

    Managing Producer, 'Press Play'

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    Conor Shine

    Reporter at the Las Vegas Sun

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