Las Vegas Sun

May 5, 2024

Valley of Fire getting commercial wedding program

CARSON CITY – By unanimous vote, the Assembly has approved a program telling the state Parks Division to establish a commercial wedding program at the Valley of Fire Park in Southern Nevada.

Gov. Jim Gibbons vetoed a similar bill in 2007 because it included an increase in the fee for these weddings.

Assemblywoman Sheila Leslie, D-Las Vegas, said there are 1,200 weddings a year at the park and the charge is $15.

Assembly Bill 550 raises the fee to $150, the same as the 2007 bill.

She said the Bureau of Land Management charges $150 for a wedding at its Red Rock park.

The bill goes to the Senate.

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