Cannabis Chapel the perfect site for couple’s Las Vegas ‘weed-ing’
Cannabis Chapel offers pot-themed weddings (Elaine Wilson/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
February 13, 2017 - 3:14 pm

Venus Heard, left, and Jon Rothberg, both of Mesa, Arizona, hold hands during their wedding ceremony at The Cannabis Chapel in downtown Las Vegas on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. Officiant Tiffany White, center, looks on. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto

Jon Rothberg of Mesa, Arizona, walks into The Cannabis Chapel before his wedding ceremony in downtown Las Vegas on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto

Venus Heard of Mesa, Arizona, relaxes in The Cannabis Chapel before her wedding ceremony in downtown Las Vegas on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto

Venus Heard of Mesa, Arizona, relaxes in The Cannabis Chapel before her wedding ceremony in downtown Las Vegas on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto

Jon Rothberg of Mesa, Arizona, wears a fake marijuana leaf boutonniere before his wedding ceremony at The Cannabis Chapel in downtown Las Vegas on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto

Venus Heard, left, and Jon Rothberg, both of Mesa, Arizona, celebrate at the conclusion of their wedding ceremony at The Cannabis Chapel in downtown Las Vegas on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. Officiant Tiffany White, center, looks on. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto

Officiant Tiffany White wears a fake marijuana leaf during a wedding at The Cannabis Chapel in Las Vegas on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto

Jon Rothberg of Mesa, Ariz. holds up a ring during his wedding ceremony at The Cannabis Chapel in downtown Las Vegas on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto

Venus Heard, left, and Jon Rothberg, both of Mesa, Arizona, celebrate at the conclusion of their wedding ceremony at The Cannabis Chapel in downtown Las Vegas on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. Officiant Tiffany White, center, looks on. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto

Venus Heard, left, and Jon Rothberg, both of Mesa, Arizona, celebrate at the conclusion of their wedding ceremony at The Cannabis Chapel in downtown Las Vegas on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. Officiant Tiffany White, center, looks on. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto

A marijuana plant at The Cannabis Chapel in Las Vegas on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto

Jon Rothberg of Mesa, Arizona, before his wedding ceremony at The Cannabis Chapel in downtown Las Vegas on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto

Jon Rothberg of Mesa, Arizona, talks before his wedding ceremony with Venus Heard of Mesa, Ariz. relaxes in The Cannabis Chapel before her wedding ceremony in downtown Las Vegas on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto

Jon Rothberg of Mesa, Arizona, relaxes after his wedding at The Cannabis Chapel in Las Vegas on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto

Venus Heard, left, and Jon Rothberg, both of Mesa, Arizona, at the conclusion of their wedding ceremony at The Cannabis Chapel in downtown Las Vegas on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. Officiant Tiffany White, center, looks on. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto

Jon Rothberg of Mesa, Arizona, walks down the aisle during his wedding ceremony at The Cannabis Chapel in downtown Las Vegas on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto

Owner Drew Gennuso at The Cannabis Chapel in downtown Las Vegas on Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. Officiant Tiffany White, center, looks on. (Chase Stevens/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @csstevensphoto
Venus Heard’s wedding gown sparkled in the green-hued lights as she walked down the aisle of the Downtown Las Vegas wedding chapel.
Her groom-to-be, Jon Rothberg, stood under the white wedding arch in a black and green tuxedo. Wedding officiant Tiffany White stood beside him in a contrasting robe of (almost) all white. But the ceremony was not a traditional Las Vegas hitching.
“We are gathered here today at the Cannabis Chapel” White started, “to witness the jointing….”
“Ahem … the joining, of Jon and Venus.”
The wedding’s theme?
Marijuana. Every aspect of the ceremony from start to finish had some splash of cannabis.
For the Mesa, Arizona, couple, getting married at the Cannabis Chapel was the perfect “Weed-ing.”
An artificial marijuana leaf in her hair, Heard, 46, walked down the aisle to a reggae version of “Here Comes the Bride.” Rothberg’s suit, which was provided by the chapel, was decorated with hundreds of pot leaves, and topped off with a faux-marijuana boutonnière.
Fake pot plants decorate the room and the wedding arch, and behind the arch is a painting of a cloud in the shape of a long, fluffy joint. And yes, it smoked at the end of the ceremony as Rothberg, 59, and Heard, 46, each recited the final words, “With this ring, I doobie wed.”
The Cannabis Chapel, 827 Las Vegas Boulevard South, is the only marijuana-themed wedding chapel in Las Vegas. But with marijuana becoming legal on Jan. 1, the chapel’s owner, Drew Gennuso, said he fully expects the “weed-ing” industry to pick up steam.
Gennuso said the chapel averages about a wedding per day since it opened on 4/20 last year. Most are booked for 4:20 p.m., he said.
And as for the upcoming “pot holiday” of 4/20, Gennuso said the chapel is almost booked for the day more than two months out.
Rothberg said the couple never planned on getting hitched in Las Vegas, but knew once they saw the Cannabis Chapel that it’s where they needed to be wed.
“This is more our style,” Rothberg said. “We like weed.”
Contact reporter Colton Lochhead at clochhead@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-4638. Follow @ColtonLochhead on Twitter.