Little White Wedding Chapel
The drive-through Tunnel of Vows — and the 55-hour marriage that made global headlines.
Key facts
- A Little White Wedding Chapel, founded in 1951 (per the chapel's own history), is famous for its drive-through “Tunnel of Vows,” reflecting Nevada's lack of any waiting period or blood test for marriage licenses.
- Michael Jordan married Juanita Vanoy at the chapel in 1989, and Joan Collins married there in 1985.
- Britney Spears married Jason Alexander at A Little White Wedding Chapel in January 2004; the marriage was annulled after about 55 hours.
Narration transcript
On your right, keep an eye out for a small, cheerful chapel — pale walls, a little steeple, and the reason so many people are grinning in the parking lot. This is A Little White Wedding Chapel, and it has been marrying people since 1951. Its signature invention is pure Las Vegas: a drive-through lane called the Tunnel of Vows, where you can get married without ever leaving the car. Nevada asks for no waiting period and no blood test, so the whole thing can happen in the time it takes to order a coffee.
Naturally, the guest book is spectacular. Michael Jordan got married here in 1989. Joan Collins tied the knot here in 1985. And in January of 2004, Britney Spears married a childhood friend here in the middle of the night — a marriage that was annulled about fifty-five hours later, which may be the most Las Vegas sentence in this entire tour. Quick to start, quick to undo, no hard feelings.
That's the charm of the place, and honestly the charm of the whole city: it's a town built for the grand gesture and the fast second chance. Reinvention, again — even of your own marital status, before breakfast.
Keep heading north on Las Vegas Boulevard. The scenery is about to get loud in the best way. Ahead, watch for the neon canyon of Fremont Street — old downtown Vegas, Glitter Gulch, where the whole city was born. As you reach it, look to your left, down the length of the covered mall.