Las Vegas’ iconic wedding industry has weathered countless downturns over the decades, but the early pandemic period in 2020 was particularly brutal. That year, Clark County issued 22% fewer marriage licenses than it had in 2019. Luckily, the bounce back was just as swift.
It was a miraculous recovery. From 2021 to 2024, the marriage license totals regularly surpassed pre-pandemic levels, with the local industry generating $2.2 billion in economic activity in 2023, Clark County Clerk Lynn Goya tells the Weekly.
Unfortunately, the first half of 2025 has been a different story.
“If you see a recession like the 2008 housing crisis, you’ll see the number of weddings go down. And the economy has been so uncertain since the beginning of this year that it has impacted weddings as well as tourism,” Goya says.
