Enough with the Portugal destination weddings when neither bride nor groom has any connection to the Algarve. It\u2019s time to show some hometown pride \u2014 really, since one of the best things about a wedding is paying homage to the place that built you.<\/p>\n
One great way to add some local flair? Root, root, root for the home team.<\/p>\n
Jesse Richman-Reing, founder and CEO of Events by Jesse in New York City, recalled the September 2024 wedding of Katelin Kutchko and Andrew Gleason. They hosted 180 guests at Yankee Stadium with the ceremony in the stands and the reception at the Delta SKY360\u00b0 Suite.<\/p>\n
Katelin Kutchko and Andrew Gleason scored a home run with a wedding at Yankee Stadium. 98 Wedding Co.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe couple, especially the groom, are die-hard Yankees fans, and for them it was Yankee Stadium or City Hall,\u201d said Richman-Reing. \u201cThey would not have had an actual wedding anywhere else.\u201d<\/p>\n
As a lifelong Yankees fan herself, this wedding was super special. One of the favorite details from the day? The bride\u2019s limited-edition Gucci Yankees jacket. \u201cThey are very hard to find, and she got her hands on one! I love that she was able to have a fashion moment, which is so important to most brides,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Keep in mind that if you choose to wed at an iconic venue, a little extra grunt work behind the scenes may be necessary. Notably, weddings at Yankee Stadium can only be on weekends where there aren\u2019t games or for a certain amount of days before or after. Richman-Reing shared that every vendor had to have an extremely detailed list of what they were bringing \u2014 the hairstylist had to write down every hot tool, every clip and every mirror.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt wasn\u2019t impossible, but it definitely takes a lot more work than most vendors are used to,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
In July 2022, Richman-Reing also planned a very memorable NYC transportation-themed wedding at Midtown Loft & Terrace for Kirsten Jones and Ahmed Ismail, who both worked for the MTA.<\/p>\n
This couple swiped right \u2014 through the turnstile \u2014 for love. Cinder & Co.<\/p>\n
MetroCards were appropriately used a place cards at the reception. Cinder & Co.<\/p>\n
The couple \u201cused MetroCards with guests\u2019 names and their table numbers, which coordinated with a specific subway line,\u201d recalled Richman-Reing. \u201cWe also had the photographer plan out a multihour photo shoot with the couple before they arrived at the ceremony venue, which incorporated all four major ways of transportation in NYC: bus, subway, ferry and cab,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Many people getting married in New York City are not originally from here which could mean many of their guests are experiencing New York for the first time.<\/p>\n
\u201cI encourage couples to always be unique to themselves, and will ask them, \u2018What made you fall in love with this city? How do we invoke the same feeling at your wedding to make your guests feel the same kind of emotion?\u2019\u2009\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Mitch Prevot and Julie Jew brought China to Brooklyn. Addy Rae Photography<\/p>\n
Jaclyn Watson of Jaclyn Watson Events in Hyde Park, Vt., recently planned a larger-than-life experience for the August 2025 wedding of Mitch Prevot and Julie Jew for 100 guests at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden inside the Palm House, a glass-walled conservatory.<\/p>\n
The evening featured a lion dance performance during the reception as a salute to the bride\u2019s Chinese heritage, a fortune-cookie escort display and candlelight and layered florals for a romantic and warm feel. \u201cThe venue choice did a lot of the heavy lifting,\u201d said Watson. \u201cThe glass conservatory at Brooklyn Botanic Garden feels like you\u2019re inside a city landmark, but still surrounded by nature.\u201d<\/p>\n
For a similarly high-impact wedding wherever you live, Richman-Reing advised zooming in on something specific about your neighborhood.<\/p>\n
Additionally, Watson suggests picking a venue that is a local flagship where you can say \u201cI do,\u201d such as a landmark or an iconic room.<\/p>\n
Lia Seremetis, founder of the elopements and microweddings planning firm, Cakewalk NYC Elopements, based in Brooklyn, also recommended focusing in on the moments you can make instead of just themed d\u00e9cor that represents the locale.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet the pace, locations and built-in energy shape the experience, and don\u2019t overproduce it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Enough with the Portugal destination weddings when neither bride nor groom has any connection to the Algarve. It\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139076,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[232,9,24,11,10,6493,615,6496,6016],"class_list":{"0":"post-139075","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-lifestyle","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-new-york-headlines","12":"tag-new-york-news","13":"tag-sex-relationships","14":"tag-subway","15":"tag-weddings","16":"tag-yankee-stadium"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}