Las Vegas the Wedding capitol of the world!
I have written a few articles about wedding photography in Las Vegas, and perhaps you have read some of them, I would hope you understand and agree and got a few good ideas out of them.
One thing I love to shoot are couples who have spent a little time planning their photos, or have a theme in the back of their minds, usually when this happens Ideas get bigger and the level of fun is increased along with the quality of the pictures.
One couple had a Rock and Roll idea , vague at first but it turned in to an event, and great pictures were made along with memories, all that was needed was a guitar and an outrageous wedding dress, now this would not work for ever one of course, each to their own as the saying goes.

The Idea was simple enough , Las Vegas as a back ground and our couple acting as a rock band, (well it was type casting as they are both well known musicians) the shoot time was set for 4 pm about an hour before sunset , only problem now is the heat, but as the sun set the lights of old Vegas turned on, the location was down town by a new sign similar to the famous 'Vegas'  sign on the other end of Las Vegas Blvd, this one just reads  Welcome to Down town Las Vegas, and with the right angle you get the Stratosphere in the back ground along with an assortment of old Motel signs.
There are problems of course, the sign is in the median, and the new landscaping of cactus does make it a little painful if you're not looking where you're going , trust me I speak with experience!


You also need to consider the laws about photography in a casino, although largely relaxed these days an professional photographer with a 'real' camera and flash will of course attract attention of the hotel security, some hotels have a strict no photography in gaming area policy and no one nor anything will get them to relax it, oddly Circus Circus is one of those, not that you would want to shoot in there I wouldn't  think , the property is old and smells , however go to the Encore and if you're staying there you can ask the Security in advance for permission and recommendations , they will help and steer you in the right direction and let you know what you're allowed to do, don't expect to shoot a craps table with high rollers ,unless you are one too .
The reason is quite simple, gambling is still a little risqué, so to speak and understandably gamblers don't want to risk they're picture getting in the hands of the wrong people and exposing their habit, now days with the internet and camera phone it's quite a problem much more than in days gone by, the possibility of black mail is enormous if you stop to think about it.
It wasn't unusual to have the film ripped out of your camera by security  and be escorted out of the casino , you might get your camera back if you were lucky.

Years ago I worked for ABC news here in Las Vegas, and every month one of the video photographers would be sent out to try and get 'casino footage'  the trick back then , and you need to remember that video cameras were huge, and you had a tape deck to carry around too, was to turn off the 'tally light' the little red light that shines when you are recording, or just cover it up with tape and walk through the casino in a very casual manner , just supporting the camera on your shoulder, point the camera one way and physically look the other, it was a literal crap shoot if you ever got anything worth keeping, but on occasion you did, but if you got caught  things had been known to get physical .