New Orleans abuzz over Serena Williams wedding

Serena Williams is expected to wed in New Orleans

Serena Williams is 推定する/予想するd to 結婚する in New Orleans

星/主役にする wattage abounded in New Orleans on Thursday as A-名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる) celebrities gathered for the wedding of tennis superstar Serena Williams and Reddit co-創立者 Alexis Ohanian.

にもかかわらず the マスコミ frenzy, the happy couple 解放(する)d few 詳細(に述べる)s of their 儀式. But 無名の sources told People magazine and the Daily Mail that some 250 guests were 招待するd to the festivities at the southern US city's 同時代の Arts 中心.

伝説の Vogue magazine editor-in-長,指導者 Anna Wintour, reality TV 星/主役にする Kim Kardashian, actress Eva Longoria and singer Ciara were all spotted arriving at the arts コンビナート/複合体. Music 王族 Beyonce was also 推定する/予想するd to …に出席する.

安全 for the event was tight. An entire 封鎖する in the Big 平易な -- a city known for its jazz music and party atmosphere -- was の近くにd to traffic.

A 安定した train of 黒人/ボイコット SUVs brought members of the wedding party to the event, as 労働者s hurried final 準備s for the festivities.

(許可,名誉などを)与えるing the entertainment website ETonline, the wedding was to have a "Beauty and the Beast" 主題. It said the tennis 星/主役にする's sister Venus was seen late Wednesday leaving the arts 中心.

労働者s could be seen 早期に Thursday transforming the arts コンビナート/複合体 for the 儀式, while the parking lot beside the building was 十分な of テントs and トラックで運ぶs 荷を降ろすing flowers, (米)棚上げする/(英)提議するs, carpets, wardrobe, and musicians.

Chefs cooked in an outdoor テント, and the 地元で popular New Orleans 禁止(する)d Naughty Professor were seen arriving in the late afternoon.

The Daily Mail said the event w ould cost more than $1 million and guests would be asked not to bring their 独房 phones, because an 排除的 photo 取引,協定 had been 調印するd with Vogue.

Pedestrians walk past the road closure outside the Contemporary Arts Museum, where Serena Williams will be getting married in New Orleans, Louisiana

歩行者s walk past the road 終結 outside the 同時代の Arts Museum, where Serena Williams will be getting married in New Orleans, Louisiana

Williams, 36, a 23-time Grand 激突する 支持する/優勝者, and Ohanian, 34, welcomed their first child, daughter Alexis Olympia, on September 1.

They 発表するd their 約束/交戦 in December after 会合 in 2015 in Rome.

While New Orleans was no stranger to celebrities and weddings, the 星/主役にする wattage Thursday stirred up extra excitement in the city.

Linda Davis and Cora Riley drove four hours from the small Louisiana town of DeRidder just to get a glimpse of the tennis 支持する/優勝者. They waited outside the arts コンビナート/複合体 for several hours.

"We love her. She's classy. She and Venus. They never complain," Riley told AFP.

"We're so glad she 設立する happiness. Little baby Alexis is so precious," said Mary Huber, who was の中で a small group who took a break from work to 観察する the hectic scene.

Williams won this year's Australian Open while 妊娠している, and is 推定する/予想するd to defend her 肩書を与える in Melbourne in 2018 -- just four-and-a-half months after giving birth to her child.

The 同時代の Arts 中心 is a large, four-story, multi-disciplinary コンビナート/複合体 誇るing of だいたい 10,000 square feet (929 square メーターs) of gallery space.

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