The countdown to the wedding of the year has begun and tomorrow Giannis Antetokounmpo will join his life with the chosen one of his heart and mother of his three children. All eyes are on Costa Navarino and tonight the “Nigerian Party” will take place with similar traditional costumes and the theme of the 29-year-old basketball player’s second home. More specifically, guests will be dressed in traditional Nigerian costumes, adding a special cultural touch to the event. This day is expected to be full of color and tradition, offering a special experience to all attendees.

The three-day celebrations started yesterday Friday when the “White Party” was held.

As the name suggests, the theme of the celebration was white, with guests wearing white suits designed by Georgios Papadogambros, who also curated the wedding outfit of Giannis Antetokounmpo.

The above celebrations are the… prelude, for the super glamorous ceremony that will take place tomorrow, Sunday, in which Giannis and Mariah will exchange vows of eternal love.

According to reliable information reported by THEMA, it will not be a religious wedding – the “Greek Freak” is Orthodox and his beloved belongs to the Catholic denomination – nor a political one, but a hybrid ceremony in which the two partners will commit to spend the rest of their lives together and which will take place on the afternoon of September 1 on the beach of the “W” hotel in Costa Navarino. This location was chosen by no means by chance, as it meets the absolute condition set by the newlyweds, that is, not to make their wedding a media and social media frenzy. At least without their consent. It is worth noting that none of the guests will have a mobile phone with them.

The couple’s arrival
The couple, known for their style and elegance, followed the same theme, offering an impressive start to the wedding festivities, arriving at the Costa Navarino venue by boat, while walking down the pier hand in hand, Giannis in shorts and Mariah in a mini dress, in white of course.

The party took place at the “Between” bar, which is also located in the safe apogee of the “W” hotel.

VIP parade at Kalamata airport
Traffic at Kalamata airport was particularly heavy as the couple’s 200 or so guests arrived by air, mostly from abroad, in private jets and helicopters. Among the guests, most of whom will arrive from Greece and the US with private flights to Kalamata airport and will have the resort’s helicopter transfer service at their disposal, are

The superlative term is not being used abusively or to create impressions, since the information that is being sparingly leaked suggests that Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and his wife Mareva have received an invitation to the three-day wedding celebration and intend to respond, NBA legend LeBron James, who has a close friendship with the “Greek Freak”, Serena Williams, Kilian Embabe has been heard from, but his commitments are with Real Madrid, the players and coach of the Milwaukee Bucks and of course the team’s president Peter Fagin.

Giannis’ teammates from the Greek national basketball team are expected to attend the wedding, as well as athletes who have played with him and the Antetokounmpo brothers in their early years at Philathistikos.

The most influential of the guests will stay in the suites of the “W” hotel, which also offers the always welcome personal butler service, as well as in the more luxurious “Mandarin” hotel, some will enjoy only one night in Messinian land, while others are expected to combine the invitation to the wedding with a few days’ holiday in our country.

The menu and Giannis’ love for Mariah

The menu the couple settled on will have a rather wide range of references – from refined, eleven-course versions of the time-honored (for Americans) burger to sophisticated modern Greek gastronomy. Giannis Antetokounmpo’s decision to launch his first wine at the wedding – the result of his partnership through the investment company Ante Inc. with the Greek Wineries, in which he holds a 10% stake from 2022 – should also be considered a given. It is a rosé label that will bear the name of Mariah Riddlespringer and, in addition to the conventional 750 ml bottle, will be released in the market in a magnum version. Wedding guests will have the privilege of tasting the first vintage of Greek Freak.

One can’t help but notice the imaginative way that Giannis Antetokounmpo chose to once again assert his love for the woman who seems to embody the woman of his life to the fullest extent. Although neither of them has spoken about the manner and circumstances under which they met and got to know each other for the first time, the most prevalent scenario is that they first came in contact in 2014. At the time, Giannis was spending his maiden season with the Milwaukee Bucks while Mariah, as a Sports Management graduate from Rice University in Houston, was doing her internship in the American Basketball League.

Coming from an athletic family, where the father was a basketball player, Riddlespringer herself was into sports where she also received distinctions. She was an accomplished volleyball player, as were her two sisters, Makayla and Maya, and even managed to become the MVP of the College League the year of her graduation.