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    After Tragedy In Las Vegas, The Weddings Must Go On

    There were some cancellations after the massacre, but tourism officials are welcoming visitors while asking that they be respectful of the tragedy.
    by Leila Fadel Oct 24, 2017 4 minutes
    Agnes Kolodziaj and Lucas Pawalek kiss in front of the Gazebo at A Little White Wedding Chapel. The Polish couple started planning their Las Vegas nuptials six months ago.

    At A Little White Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas, Lisa Rhodes fields calls at the front desk.

    "Congratulations," she tells the caller and then offers the list of services — marriage by an Elvis impersonator, a ceremony in the gazebo or the chapels.

    This place has always been a pioneer in the marriage business; doing the first helicopter marriages and building the first drive-through complete with a window and a pink Cadillac in the Tunnel of Love.

    But soon after a massacre just a few miles away left 58 dead, the calls started coming in to cancel.

    "They were saying now

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