{"id":244275,"date":"2022-11-20T14:00:31","date_gmt":"2022-11-20T20:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=244275"},"modified":"2022-11-21T12:15:31","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T18:15:31","slug":"las-vegas-flight-hosts-wedding-in-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/las-vegas-flight-hosts-wedding-in-the-sky\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Vegas Flight Hosts Wedding in the Sky"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wedding bells chimed at 30,000 feet for Erin Bright and Jeff Wareing on Saturday, November. 19. The happy couple won the first \u201cWedding in the Sky VIP Las Vegas Experience,\u201d a contest promoted by low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines in partnership with the Las Vegas Convention and Visitor Authority (LVCVA).<\/p>\n

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Jeff Wareing kisses his bride, Erin Bright, during a Frontier Airlines flight from Denver to Las Vegas on Saturday, Nov. 19. (Image: Frontier Airlines)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As soon as their plane to Las Vegas from Denver reached cruising altitude, Bright and Wareing exchanged vows in the forward section of the cabin. This was according to a Frontier press release that felt the need to explain that the ceremony was officiated by a female Frontier pilot who was not flying the plane.<\/p>\n

Other than the couple and the flight crew, no one else aboard knew in advance about their unique in-flight entertainment. The airline plied the other passengers with complimentary refreshments to reduce the odds of anyone objecting to this wedding.<\/p>\n

(The press release did not note whether any were alcoholic, but what do you think?)
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And They Weren\u2019t Late!<\/b><\/h2>\n

The happy couple\u2019s plane touched down at Harry Reid International Airport on the morning of Saturday, Nov. 19. And it was on time. (According to flight tracker FlightAware, only one of six Frontier flights from Denver to Las Vegas that day was reported to have arrived late. Flight F9 775 arrived at 6:13 p.m., a mere 23 minutes behind schedule.)<\/p>\n

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The newlyweds were scheduled to tie a second knot at Chapel of the Flowers at 5:30 p.m. PST Sunday, Nov. 20, in the Victorian Chapel. As the winning couple, Bright and Wareing received the entire package for free, including their two round-trip tickets, weddings, and hotel accommodations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Frontier\u2019s \u201cWedding in the Sky\u201d competition required contestants to upload a one-minute video of themselves summarizing their love story and why they wished to marry in the sky. All couples, including same-sex couples, were encouraged to participate. The top three video submissions were picked by Frontier, which judged them based on \u201clove story, originality, and video creativity.\u201d A public voting system decided the winner among the top three.<\/p>\n

The contest was originally launched in Feb. 2020 but was delayed because of the pandemic shutdown.<\/p>\n

Wedding Bell Blues<\/b><\/h2>\n

Clark County (which includes the Las Vegas Strip) issued more than 77,000 marriage licenses in 2021. That\u2019s still enough to make Nevada the state with the highest US marriage rate. However, that number is nearly 40% off from 2004, when about 128,000 weddings occurred in Clark County. And the pandemic is not to blame. In 2019, the total number of Clark County weddings was 73,000.<\/p>\n

The US marriage rate has declined since 2016, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In 2020, 1.7 million US marriages were recorded, representing a 17% drop from the year before and the fewest marriages recorded since 1963.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The LVCVA is charged with marketing Las Vegas as a destination. Creative initiatives, including the \u201cWedding in the Sky\u201d promotion, play a critical role in keeping the region’s more than 150,000 casino resort and hotel guestrooms occupied throughout the year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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