Divorce Parties!

It appears that Sin City is hosting a new kind of party!

LAS VEGAS -- Joe Siquig didn't have a bachelor party before getting married four years ago.
So four years later, he finally threw the epic party he didn't get to have. But this time, it was for his divorce.

 
He hired Vegas party planner Sam Zand, CEO of Vegas Atmosphere, to reserve the best cabana at the Venetian's TAO Beach, which has played host to the likes of Jay-Z and Heidi Klum.


On a warm Saturday afternoon in October, 31-year-old Siquig and a group of male friends are dancing with bikini-clad women in their private cabana, which hovers over the pool like a stage. Pop songs blare over speakers. Robin Thicke's Blurred Lines throws everyone into a frenzy. Some of the ladies climb on the sofas and tables.

Now, Vegas has become a popular destination for a new type of party celebrating a different milestone: a divorce. Party planners are increasingly adding divorce parties to their repertoires because of the increased demand from men and women alike. If a bachelor party is the last chance to be naughty for a while, then the divorce party is the first chance to be naughty again.

"It's about creating a new chapter in your life," says Glynda Rhodes, who started her Vegas-based business, The Divorce Party Planner, after going through her own divorce. "There are so many days you want to stay home and be dark. Now it's about: What do you want to do with your life?"

There were 2.1 million marriages in 2011, according to the latest figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That's 6.8 marriages per 1,000 people. There were almost half as many divorces: 3.6 per 1,000 people.
 

"Divorce parties are gaining in popularity because, unfortunately, there are a lot more divorces these days," says Warren Berkowitz, product development manager for the New York-based Forum Novelties, which has seen an increase in demand for divorce-related party favors.

Here;  http://www.usatoday.com/experience/las-vegas/best-of-vegas/las-vegas-divorce-parties/3999897/