Vegas airport sets up license pop-up

Bureau will set up at Harry Reid International Airport from Dec. 26 to Dec. 31.

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December 26, 2023 - 2:29 PM

Bryan and Amy McGillis, from Vancouver, Washington, pose for a photo in front of the wedding-inspired version of the “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” sign on April 4, 2022, at Chapel of the Flowers, in Las Vegas. Photo by Benjamin Hager/Las Vegas Review-Journal/TNS

LAS VEGAS — Clark County wedding officials are bringing the licensing bureau to airline travelers coming in for a special wedding date on New Year’s Eve.

A pop-up Marriage License Bureau is open at Harry Reid International Airport from Dec. 26 to Dec. 31 to capture travelers looking to get married on New Year’s Eve for its double whammy of a holiday and the date’s rare numerical sequence of 1-2-3-1-2-3.

Opening the satellite spot allows couples to skip a visit to the downtown office to obtain their marriage documents. This is the fifth time the clerk’s office has opened a temporary bureau at the airport, the county said.

“New Year’s Eve is already one of Las Vegas’ most popular wedding dates, and adding the magic date of 1-2-3-1-2-3 gives couples even more to celebrate on this historic night,” Clerk Lynn Marie Goya said.

The bureau is in the Terminal 1 baggage claim, open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. until New Year’s Eve, according to the county. Couples may still get their marriage license or vow renewal certificate at the bureau’s main office at 201 E. Clark St. in downtown Las Vegas, open from 8 a.m. to midnight every day, including holidays.

Las Vegas often gets a surge of traveling newlyweds on dates with unique numerical patterns. The most popular was July 7, 2007 with 4,492 couples. Second-most popular was Nov. 11, 2011, when 3,125 couples married. Last year’s February 2, 2022 — also dubbed “Twosday” — saw 2,331 weddings, the sixth-most on one date in Vegas wedding history, according to the bureau.

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