The Origin Of Vegas Weddings
After seven years of dating, Priscilla and Elvis got engaged. They decided to tie the knot the next year, on May 1, 1967, holding a small ceremony in Las Vegas, Nevada, that many people regard as the origin of Elvis impersonators officiating nuptials in the city.
Priscilla and Elvis exchanged vows in their suite at the Aladdin Hotel, though they were rumored to have only married under pressure from Elvis’s manager. Reportedly, he believed that marriage was necessary to protect Elvis’s public image, and his judgment was indeed instrumental in the King’s success.