A bride from British Columbia is left scrambling to re-organize her wedding in the wake of the continuing strike at Caesars Windsor.
Tecumseh native, Sarah Mulveney had booked "Augustus 27", the top floor of the casino for her June 1st wedding.
180 guests, including 50-60 from Europe, the U.S. and across Canada were scheduled to stay at the casino hotel as well.
Because of the ongoing labour dispute, Mulveney was forced to find a new venue, caterer, decorator and hotel, all in just one month.
Mulveney says she's been able to make last minute adjustments.
"We have 180 guests are coming, I was able to book a block of rooms at another downtown hotel so we were able to move the block over, so now we do have rooms and free breakfast," she says.
Sarah Mulveney and her fiancé, Etienne White (Photo courtesy of @sarah.mulveney.7 via Facebook)
When a tentative deal was reached, Mulveney says there was a glimmer of hope but it was dashed quickly.
" We were very excited to hear they'd reached a tentative agreement, and we had decided that we were quite happy to go back to the casino, as long as they re-opened. The crushing blow when I opened my phone and got the text message from Neegan at the casino that they voted no. I was shocked."
Mulveney will now get married at The Water's Edge event centre, which may be a blessing in disguise.
"We found out the venue we decided to go with was the same place my grandparents were married 70 years ago," she says, "So that's taken away how difficult it was to move, but you think maybe the stars aligned and its kind of sweet they were married there so long ago, so we're at peace with it."
Mulveney adds, Caesars Windsor was very flexible and accommodating and although she's disappointed, she wouldn't hesitate to use the casino again.