The business of same-sex marriage in Nevada

By Conor Shine, Las Vegas Sun

Same-sex marriage is on its way to Nevada and with it could come millions of dollars in new spending for the state’s economy.

Weddings are already a $2.3 billion industry in Las Vegas, according to the Wedding Report. That number stands to grow even larger with thousands of in-state same-sex couples ready to marry and even more looking to travel to the “Marriage Capital of the World” to tie the knot.

A June report from the Williams Institute at UC Los Angeles laid out the potential economic impact from legalizing same-sex marriage in Nevada.

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