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Nevada wedding professionals and officials insist the decline is not a reflection of Las Vegas' waning popularity. Instead, they blame the foul economy and the ebbing interest in marriage.
"The volume is down," said Joni Moss, a longtime Las Vegas wedding planner and founder of the Nevada Wedding Association, a business group. "The number speaks for itself. And people are just spending less."
In Nevada, 85 percent of all marriages start in Clark County, which includes Las Vegas, and almost five percent of all marriages in the U.S. are held near the Las Vegas Strip's neon marquees and smoky gambling halls.
Marriages peaked in Clark County in 2004, when 128,250 couples tied the knot. Fewer people said "I do" in each subsequent year.
Las Vegas wedding chapels deal with love recession - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110214/ap_on_re_us/us_las_vegas_marriages - broken link)
I guess the Vegas wedding industry is cashing in their chips, huh? Too bad - I agree it's dicey, but with all the wild-cards running around there it must feel like getting a blackjack over the head. Odds are, they'll give it one final spin before they revert to their old proven draw - liquor in the front and poker in the rear.
I think marriages would be dwindling even if the economy was doing better. Think about it, as a society we have evolved. Unless you want to have children and/ or a family what is the need to marry? It used to be people married because women didn't have the career opportunities they do now and basically needed a man's support. Times have changed. Women no longer need a man's financial support. Thanks to sperm banks they don't even need a man to get pregnant. The point I'm trying to drive home here is that the need to marry for both parties is no longer there. Today, many have professional and personal goals that don't involve marriage and/ or children. Nothing wrong with that. To each his or her own
I read a few days ago that the jewelry business picked up in 2010 after declines in 2008 and 2009. It's up about 7.4% - not sure about the decimal, but it was 7 point something. Apparently more husbands and boyfriends find their way to the jewelry stores again. The industry regrouped somewhat in order to meet the challenges and started making less expensive and lighter pieces, though.
The average wedding costs what - $10,000.00 (?). Ok, cheaper in Vegas, but you still have to pay fees. People simply don't have that much to spend anymore.
However, for those seeking that special moment ad a budget, Wal-mart has weddings!
It's the economy. Times are so bad, and a wedding is something you can put off. And let's face it, marriage isn't as popular as it used to be. It's just fine to be single or in a long term unmarried relationship. Women no longer think it's necessary to be married to have children either.
On the poor side of things it's easier to qualify for public assistance if you are single with children. Probably quite a few people don't marry because their partner has debts or bad credit. Also if you marry your partner, you are held responsible for his/her child support obligations as well. There are many financial reasons to delay marriage or not marry at all. Many people have gone through bad divorces and are understandably hesitant to put themselves in that position again.
You don't have to be married to protect a long term partner. You can do that with a will. Medical issues can be resolved with a revocable POA. I guess there are fewer advantages to being married today than in the past.
Nevada wedding professionals and officials insist the decline is not a reflection of Las Vegas' waning popularity. Instead, they blame the foul economy and the ebbing interest in marriage.
"The volume is down," said Joni Moss, a longtime Las Vegas wedding planner and founder of the Nevada Wedding Association, a business group. "The number speaks for itself. And people are just spending less."
In Nevada, 85 percent of all marriages start in Clark County, which includes Las Vegas, and almost five percent of all marriages in the U.S. are held near the Las Vegas Strip's neon marquees and smoky gambling halls.
Marriages peaked in Clark County in 2004, when 128,250 couples tied the knot. Fewer people said "I do" in each subsequent year.
Las Vegas wedding chapels deal with love recession - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110214/ap_on_re_us/us_las_vegas_marriages - broken link)
Maybe the interest is just not centered around going to one of the many wedding chapels of Kitsch and having a quickie wedding in the city of sin.
Well, Las Vegas is basically ground zero of the bad economy.
On the other hand, Divorce Attorneys aren't doing so hot either. I know a couple, and both claimed that their business tanked along with house prices. After all, if you're upside down in your mortgage, you don't exactly have a marital asset to split. So all across American, there are millions of couples waiting for property values to improve so that they can uncouple.
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