Michael Jordan has pitched a 40,000 sq ft wedding tent on a golf course designed by Jack Nicklaus for Jordan's swanky Saturday nuptials to supermodel Yvette Prieto.
More than 2,000 guests have been invited to join the couple for their reception at the Bear's Club golf course in Jupiter, Florida, which is just feet away from the basketball great's sprawling Florida mansion that is 5,000 sq ft smaller than his wedding tent.
Jordan's enormous home was deemed too small for the couple's reception so he had to resort to erecting the tents, the size of three football fields, for the wedding revelers.
Fully loaded: Jordan's wedding tent comes with a full array of options including a band stage, massive ballroom and dining room
Options: The wedding reception venue is 40,000 sq ft, smaller than Jordan's 35,000 sq ft mansion
Huge: A crew of 50 were spotted on Thursday erecting this massive tent for Michale Jordan's wedding reception
Party: The tents were set up at the golf course at the Bears Club in Jupiter, Fl., just feet away from Jordan's sprawling mansion
An affair to remember: Jordan's wedding guests will dance and dine the night away in this spacious wedding pavilion
Home sweet home: Jordan's sprawling home is only 35,000-square-feet, which was deemed not enough space to give his 2,000 wedding guests enough room to roam around
Humble abode: The tents are just feed away from the basketball star's home, said to be 35,000-square-feet
'I’ve never seen anything like it. I’ve been working weddings for a while. It looks like he’s having about 2,000 people over,' and unidentified insider tells GossipExtra.
The tents are just feet away from the basketball star's home, said to be 35,000-square-feet.
On Thursday, a crew of 50 staffers spent the day on setting up three tents in the backyard.
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On Friday, employees set up a sound system for the fete.
The equipment is said to have arrived in four semi-trailers, according to a local real estate blog.
Photos of the wedding venue were provided by Jeff Lichtenstein, who markets homes in homes in Jupiter and Palm Beach real estate for sale.
Musicians in the wedding band were heard practicing on Friday and golfers who were playing on the course were said to have enjoyed the set list.
Getting ready for the big day: Dolores Jordan (center) was seen smiling as she headed into the Palm Beach, Florida church where her son will get married for the second time on Saturday
Big step: Michael Jordan is marrying his fiancee Yvette Prieto (seen here together in 2011)
Vows: Michael Jordan and Yvette Prieto's will say 'I Do' at the Bethesda-By-The-Sea Church, Palm Beach in Florida
I do: Jordan's beautiful bride, 35-year-old Yvette Prieto, will walk down the aisle at the Bethesda-By-The-Sea Church on late Saturday
From the description on the blog, the wedding tent will allow guests to enter is a spacious reception area that leads into a dining room.
Connected is a gigantic ballroom and dance floor, darkened with paneling to allow for lighting and effects, where the party will really get started
The dance room will include what appears to be a band stage where musicians will provide the soundtrack for the upbeat shindig.
The 50-year-old basketball great is scheduled to wed the 35-year-old, whom he first met at a Miami hotspot in 2008.
Their wedding is set for Saturday night.
On Friday, the lovebirds and their wedding party descended on the exclusive Bethesda-By-The-Sea Episcopal Church in Palm Beach for their rehearsal.
Michael Jordan's mother was seen headed into the church where her star athlete son is going to get married Saturday afternoon.
Though neither Michael nor Yvette were seen in public on Friday, they likely were inside the church as they prepare to wed.
Headed to the chapel: Dolores was the only recognizable face at the church, but it seems likely that the soon-to-be married couple were inside the Church for the run-through ceremony
Lucky guests: One insider projected that, given the size of the tent at the former basketball star's house, they could host up to 2,000 guests
Religious: Extra security has been called in to guard the Bethesda-By-The-Sea Episcopal Church, when the couple are wed on Saturday
Caution: The Palm Beach Police have ordered extra patrols on hand at the church between 2pm and 6pm
Local police have been ordered to order back up security for the church between the hours of 2pm and 6pm on Saturday, giving the crew of revelers more than enough time to arrive, attend the ceremony and leave.
Bethesda-By-The-Sea is where a select group of guests were seen heading into the church for the rehearsal on Friday afternoon amid gloriously sunny weather.
The basketball star's mother Dolores Jordan was seen proudly beaming as she spoke to other guests while walking into the Church.
Bethesda-By-The-Sea is the same church where Donald Trump married his third wife Melania in 2006.
Earlier in April, it was the venue for the memorial service for socialite designer Lilly Pulitzer, who died on April 7.
Manpower: Crews of up to 50 staffers have been setting up both around his mansion and the church since Thursday
View from the inside: White flowers were being rolled into the church on Friday in advance of the Saturday wedding