Elvis Presley’s name and image ordered operators to stop using his likeness in themed ceremonies.Authentic Brands group had sent multiple chapels a cease-and-desist letter early last month.
Some say the move could decimate their businesses.Kayla Collins, who operates LasVegasElvisWeddingChapel.com and the Little Chapel of Hearts with her husband, said: “We are a family-run business, and now we’re hanging with the big dogs.
That’s our bread and butter. I don’t get it. We were just hitting our stride again through Covid, then this happens.”The company’s website says Elvis weddings in Las Vegas became popular almost immediately after Presley’s death on August 16, 1977.
Clark County Clerk Lynn Goya, who led a marketing campaign promoting Las Vegas as a wedding destination, said the order for chapels to stop using Elvis could not have come at a worse time.
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