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In 2002, the church performed 6,000 weddings a year, and more than 250,000 couples had been married there since its opening. In 2017, it celebrated its 75th anniversary and remains the oldest building on the Las Vegas Strip.
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hotel-casino. In December 1996, when the Hacienda was closed and demolished, the chapel was moved again to its current location on the east side of the Strip, south of the eventual
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The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) on September 14, 1992, and is the only building on the Las Vegas Strip to be listed.
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The Little Church of the West opened May 22, 1943 on what became the Las Vegas Strip. The chapel was originally built as part of the
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titled "The Case of the Startled Stallion" (1959) the church is mentioned and the neon sign is shown. It appears in the 1964 film
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complex on the Strip. It was moved from the north side of the hotel to the south side in 1954. In 1979, to make way for the
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as "Reverend" Tommy Cirko, "All Kinds of Love" (Season 2, Episode 14, 1980), and "Vendetta" (Season 2, Episode 23, 1980).
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the chapel appears in "Serve, Volley, and Kill" (Season 1, Episode 11, 1978), starring
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Commercial buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Nevada
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Las Vegas High School Academic Building, Gymnasium, and Frazier Hall
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Gold Strike Canyon-Sugarloaf Mountain Traditional Cultural Property
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recite their vows in the church. In the 1978-81 ABC series
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