Chateau Artisan, the Homestead mansion where Miami Heat Dwyane Wade and Think Like a Man actress Gabrielle Union are getting hitched tonight (MLS photo)
HOMESTEAD — Miami Heat superstar Dwyane Wade is spending $5 million on his wedding weekend, a source tells Gossip Extra.
And for that kind of money, every single details has been planned out to the minute and to the single napkin to make today’s wedding a day that second-time-a-groom Wade, bride Gabrielle Union and 200 dinner guests will remember for ever!
Despite the fact that Wade had guests, friends and vendors sign confidentiality agreements, Gossip Extra can reveal that tonight’s even is more akin to a nouveau riche Hollywood production than a wedding.
The theme: Old Florida juke joint!
Gossip Extra obtained a copy of the wedding schedule. It shows that organizers were so paranoid to let the cat out of the bag that the paperwork is under the headline: The wedding of Sheik Noinu Edaw. (That’s Union Wade spelled backwards)
For the guests, it all starts about 3 p.m., when several buses are scheduled to pick up the guests at the Fontainebleau and take them to Chateau Artisan, a $13 million-mansion built to look like a castle in the Everglades near Homestead.
There’s even a moat around the property to make sure no unwanted guest and paparazzi will be kept at bay.
Wade was so serious about it that he had reflectors set up on the room of the mansion to prevent photos from helicopters.
The bride and groom are scheduled to be flown down from Wade’s house on North Bay Road in Miami Beach by helicopter about two hours later, right on time for the 6:30 p.m. ceremony.
The exchange of vows will be performed on one of three islands on the property:
– The chairs for the well-wishers are “ghost chairs,” transparent so as not to detract from the castle in the background
– Each chair will have a set of opera glasses for more comfortable watching
– The ceremony will be officiated by actress Essence Atkins, Union’s bestest BFF
– Guests will be provided with flip-flops and shoe covers to navigate the grass
At dinner, in a giant tent with a large chandelier in the middle:
– Four 72-inch TVs throughout the tent
– There are 18 tables of 10 to 12 people, 200 napkins with the lovebirds’ initials on them
– The chairs are custom-made and covered with black crocodile skin
– The special chairs for bride and groom look like thrones
– There’ll be a candles ceremony during dinner. The guests will be given a candle to light and will wish the newlyweds well. A choir will emerge and gather a group of guests in front of the house and walk down the driveway then pick up the group emerging from the dining tent.
Together, they all will enter a movie set-style juke joint as the choir will perform a last song on the main stage.
By the way, the main stage is 16 feet by 24 feet and will be covered in burlap. The front edge is lined with wooden fruit crates to create a stage skirt.
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