The Venetian Resort
Ceremony in a fountain-view chapel, portraits on a private gondola down the Grand Canal, dinner in St. Mark's Square. One of the few Las Vegas weddings that looks like nowhere else.
A city block of fifteenth-century Venice, indoors
The Venetian opened on 4 May 1999 on the site of the old Sands, themed to the Venice of the 1400s and 1500s: a Grand Canal with working gondolas, a replica of St. Mark's Square, a 315-foot recreation of the Campanile and a Rialto Bridge you can actually stand on. Ownership changed hands in February 2022, with VICI Properties acquiring the real estate and Apollo Global Management the operating company.
We have shot a micro-wedding here start to finish
We photographed an intimate wedding at the Venetian in the autumn of 2025, around sixteen guests: chapel ceremony, then a private gondola down the Grand Canal, then dinner at the Canaletto in St. Mark's Square. Two things are worth passing on. The first is that the resort is enormous and almost entirely indoors, so the day is a series of interiors at fixed light rather than a chase for golden hour. The second is paperwork, below.
Good to know before you book
- Bringing an outside photographer needs sorting out early. In our experience the resort required a signed vendor agreement and a certificate of insurance ahead of the date, and our general manager handled that paperwork before we arrived. The resort's own published pages contradict each other on whether outside photography is allowed at all, so get your permission in writing rather than relying on a web page.
- Every published Venetian wedding package is ceremony-only. No reception is included.
- Receptions are booked separately. The Canaletto in St. Mark's Square takes up to 175 across five private rooms, but it is run by Il Fornaio, so that booking goes through their private dining team and not the resort wedding office.
- No outside food or beverage, and no outside floral.
- An outside officiant is fine, but must produce a licence and a one-time Nevada permit at least 24 hours ahead.
- Ceremonies scheduled after 1:00 PM Friday to Sunday carry an additional charge.
- Self-parking runs about 20 dollars a day and valet about 40, with rates rising during major events.
Where we like to shoot
- The gondola itself, from the bridge above and then aboard, which is the single frame nobody else can give you.
- St. Mark's Square under the painted sky, where the light never changes and never fails.
- The Rialto Bridge recreation, best early before the walkways fill.
- The Waterfall Atrium and the Doge's Palace exterior for the grand architectural frames.
- The Pool Garden Courtyard and the Fountain Terrace, the only genuinely outdoor, naturally-lit options on the property.
Where the ceremony can happen
The Wedding Chapel with Fountain View takes 30 in the smallest package and up to 100 in the largest. The Chapel with Garden View takes about 40. These are the default choices and the reason most guest lists here stay under a hundred.
The signature white wedding gondola carries the couple only, so it is a portrait set rather than a ceremony guests can watch. It is also the strongest set of images the property offers, and worth building the timeline around.
The Pool Garden Courtyard holds about 100, the Waterfall Atrium about 60, and the Wedding Fountain Terrace about 40. The Pool Garden also has a side garden that takes ten standing, which is the true elopement option.