Wife and I just got an invite; it's a local wedding. Wedding is at 2pm on a Friday, in the middle of the downtown city center, on a weekend when there's a convention in town. Parking in downtown completely sucks; most likely just getting a spot will require parking in a $25/day garage (since it will be more than four hours) and walking five or six blocks to get to the church; assuming there is parking at all given the convention. Gets better. Cocktail hour is at 5:30pm, 3.5 hours later. Attire is 'black tie optional'. The cocktail hour and reception are at a venue about six or seven blocks away. I doubt the ceremony will be more than 30 minutes, so apparently the idea is walk from ceremony to reception and stand there for three hours until cocktail hour starts since there won't be enough time to go back home, or to a hotel. I'm just glad I'm local because if you're traveling you probably end up having to take two days off from work, and the hotel rates are going to be obnoxious that weekend. Really don't understand people...
Married in Vegas - June 2011