Any day can be April Fool’s with this prankster tourist attraction

Describe your business.

“I Got Married in Vegas! Just Kidding” is a prankster experience tourist attraction. We provide realistic images of different scenarios that customers supposedly got into while visiting Las Vegas. They can get married, get arrested, show off a baby bump or win a casino jackpot without actually doing any of those.

We create an experience. For instance, with the fake wedding, we have an Elvis officiant conducting a ceremony, a ring exchange, a pronouncement and even a fake marriage license with all of the couple’s information. A variety of photos are taken during and after the ceremony against a green screen, and customers receive prints as well as electronic images that can be uploaded instantly to Facebook to fool friends and family.

What makes your business successful?

Las Vegas is the best place to have this type of business because a lot of times, tourists say their friends and family warn them not to get married or arrested while they are here. So we capitalize on that warning and create the best Vegas pranks you can think of.

Who are your customers?

Mostly, prankster couples who want to get fake married, married couples who want a unique souvenir, and people who have a sense of humor and want a one-of-a-kind Vegas souvenir.

What’s the most important part of your job?

Some people complain that our product is too believable, and I think that is an amazing compliment. Being able to pull off a great prank means the images need to look as real as possible and little details are covered. I consider this very important.

What is the hardest part about doing business in Las Vegas?

The hardest part is that a lot of the business is seasonal and dependent on the amount of foot traffic.

What is the best part about doing business here?

People visiting Las Vegas are in a vacation state of mind. If a customer is willing to spend $40 on a guitar-shaped sugary vodka drink, they most likely will be willing to spend $35 on a joke experience of a lifetime.

What obstacles has your business overcome?

I have had this idea for close to 10 years, and not until recently was I able to find a place that was suitable for the business. Getting our name and business out there and being recognized is a work in progress.

How can Nevada improve its business climate?

Vegas the tourist attraction is a fun, adult playground; capitalize on this. Legalize, tax and control marijuana and prostitution. Use the tax money to better Las Vegas the city. Our school system could use some help.

What have you learned from the recession?

When you have less of a cushion or fallback plan, you have more of a drive to be creative and find ways to succeed.