Just Married: New Line Cinema and 'Once Upon 100 Weddings' Vegas Event

Clear Channel Entertainment Properties Teams New Line's 'Wedding Crashers' With Las Vegas Centennial Celebration

LAS VEGAS, June 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Clear Channel Entertainment Properties proudly announces the marriage of New Line Cinema's upcoming movie, "Wedding Crashers" and the Las Vegas centennial celebration event, "Once Upon 100 Weddings" in a unique, custom-branded live entertainment program.

"Wedding Crashers" will become the official movie for the "Once Upon 100 Weddings" event, June 6-9, which will treat 100 couples from around the world to the wedding experience of a lifetime and commemorate the Las Vegas Centennial.

98 couples from outside Las Vegas and two lucky local couples will win a wedding package that includes nuptials and bachelor and bachelorette parties provided by MGM Grand's Studio 54 and New York - New York's Coyote Ugly respectively. Each couple will also receive a host of wedding gifts, including a gift certificate to David's Bridal, show tickets provided by La Femme at the MGM Grand, a bottle of fine wine from Beaulieu Vineyard and individual ice cream wedding cakes by Cold Stone Creamery. The twosomes will tie the knot in a joint ceremony under the canopy of the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas on June 9.

New Line Cinema will host a private screening of "Wedding Crashers" for all the couples on Tuesday, June 7 at 3 p.m. at the Crown Theater-Neonopolis. These couples will be among the first to see one of the most anticipated comedies of the summer. They will also be guests at The Great Centennial Poker Showdown, where they'll be outfitted in "Wedding Crashers" t-shirts and get the chance to win big. Also, "Wedding Crashers" movie posters and other signage will be prominently displayed at the wedding ceremony and reception on Thursday, June 9 at the Fremont Street Experience.

"This is more than just a wedding, it's an entire wedding extravaganza," said Mayor Oscar Goodman, Chairman of the Centennial Committee. "There's a reason Las Vegas is known as the 'Wedding Capital of the World.' These couples are going to have the time of their lives and they will never forget they said their 'I do's' in Las Vegas."

The winning couples will be chosen through a variety of exciting local market contests and promotions being held in Vegas, key Vegas feeder markets and internationally.

"'Wedding Crashers' is a perfect fit for this fabulous Vegas-style wedding event," said Gillian Brooks Fisher, VP, Field Publicity & Promotions, New Line Cinema. "Clear Channel Entertainment Properties was a great matchmaker for us, and we're sure it's going to be 'happily ever after.'"

It takes many partners to pull off an event of this magnitude. Clear Channel Entertainment Properties wants to say a special thank you to New Line Cinema's Wedding Crashers, Southwest Airlines, Golden Nugget Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority (LVCVA), Fremont Street Experience, Coldstone Creamery, David's Bridal, Beaulieu Vineyard, Celebrity Coaches and Costco.

Major sponsors of the Las Vegas Centennial include American Express, the official card sponsor of the Las Vegas Centennial; Beaulieu Vineyard, which is also celebrating 100 years of wine-making; and Albertsons, the official supermarket of the Las Vegas Centennial.

To learn more about the Las Vegas Centennial or to download an application and list of contest requirements, visit the Centennial Web site, http://www.lasvegas2005.org .

Posted by Christine at June 6, 2005 9:32 AM