Elvis Presley’s widow, Priscilla Presley, has made variable statements on the Authentic Brands Group (ABG) initiative to hold Las Vegas wedding chapels pay partnership fees for using his persona. She admits in that respect has been “confusion” around the move. She also said it “has naught to make out with me,” TMZ reported.
“This is a serious thing,” Priscilla Elvis Aron Presley said inward a textual matter substance Saturday quoted by the Las Vegas Review-Journal. That may follow her a la mode(p) comment.
ABG is the guardian of the Elvis Elvis Aron Presley legacy, as is the family,” Priscilla Elvis Aron Presley explained. “They and the family line are committed to protecting it for generations to come.”
ABG is a licensing companion which represents Presley’s estate and the estates of many other celebrities.
“ABG is sorry that recent communicating with a small list of Las Vegas-based chapels caused mental confusion and concern. That was never ABG’s intention,” she added.
In 2013, ABG acquired the controlling interestingness inwards Elvis Elvis Presley Enterprises. Daughter Lisa Marie Presley owns 15 percent of the company. She is a “consultant” on decisions related to to Elvis, the Review-Journal said.
On May 19, ABG sent cease and desist (C&D) letters to many of Las Vegas’ over 50 hymeneals chapels. In the letters, ABG ordered the chapels to kibosh using Presley’s “name, likeness, voice, image, and other elements of Elvis Presley’s persona inward advertisements, merchandise, and otherwise,” the Review-Journal reported, citing the C&D letter.
Court action mechanism could travel along if the chapels bomb to travel along the order. Last week, the companion backtracked when clarifying their demands. Now, they are expression they are willing to enter into licensing partnerships. But wedding chapel owners say they cannot open expensive fees, since many are small, independent businesses.
Range of Reported Fees
There have been conflicting reports just how often the society wants from the chapels for the licensing agreements. One companionship said cobbler's last week ABG wants $20,000 a year. The Review-Journal reported it could live an amount to a lesser extent than $1,000.
Casino.org reached out to ABG for comment. No statement was provided.
In a financial statement published past The Guardian, ABG said thither was “no intention to closed down chapels that extend Elvis packages inward Las Vegas.”
We are seeking to partner with each of these small businesses to ensure that their habituate of Elvis’ name, range and alikeness are officially licensed and authorised past the estate, so they put up bear on their operations,” the statement said.
Las Vegas, County Officials Concerned
Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman is among those who criticized ABG for cracking downwardly on the hymeneals chapels which perform the Elvis Presley-themed ceremonies.
I make been very swage by what this could mingy to our matrimony business organisation inward Las Vegas,” Goodman told the Review-Journal. “I finger this company couldn’t maintenance less nigh the wallop this put up feature on our city.”
Goodman and ABG officials are expected to discuss the issuance inward a sound meeting on Monday, the newspaper publisher reported.
Wedding chapel owners pointedness out that many of those who caput to Las Vegas for a Presley-themed wedding will rest in local hotels, may inspect casinos, and depart to shows. Those activities generate money for the local economy.
Overall, Las Vegas destination hymeneals ceremonies are a significant piece of the state’s touristry sector. The total nuptials industry produces $2 billion a year. Charles Joseph Clark County issued its five-millionth wedding licence inward February.
Clark County Clerk Lynn Francisco Jose de Goya has warned the unexampled crackdown could ruin a portion of the hymeneals industry. It could also track to lost jobs.