A Downtown Detroit Wedding Filled with Sparkling Moments

By Rebecca Voigt•Published On: June 22, 2026•

From finding the perfect venue to an unforgettable night on the dance floor, Jack and David Chase wouldn’t change a thing about their wedding celebration

By Angela Flynn | Photography by Lydia Charles Photography

No notes: two words to describe the wedding of Jack and David Chase, who married at the Shinola Hotel in downtown Detroit on September 7, 2024. They said “I do” surrounded by 150 of their closest family and friends — some of whom traveled from outside the country to celebrate their big day.

Detroit was not initially their top pick for a wedding location. Jack grew up in Grosse Pointe Farms, and David grew up in Iowa, but the couple resides in Chicago. Upon their engagement, it seemed to make the most sense to wed there, but a trip to Detroit almost immediately changed their plans.

“We were in Detroit for an unrelated reason, and we were like, ‘You know what, let’s go see Shinola,’” Jack recalls. “The only place we ever toured in Detroit was Shinola Hotel, and we walked in, we saw it, and we looked at each other like, ‘Oh, maybe we’re getting married in Detroit.’”

After visiting somewhere between 10 and 20 additional venues in Chicago, nothing lived up to the feeling they got when they toured the Shinola. With that, their decision was made.

From there, wedding planning began. “We knew that the venue spoke for itself, and we’re not over-the-top people, so we kept things really simple,” David says. They prioritized spending more on elements that mattered most to them and chose more cost-effective options for vendors or items of lower importance. Overall, they maintained a “go with the flow” mentality from early planning stages through the big day. “Jack and I are very much people like, ‘What happens, happens,’” David says. “If it’s a total disaster, then it’s a funny memory.”

They spent the wedding morning getting ready separately and spending time with their respective families and friends. Afterward, they came together for a first look where they gifted each other — and their best men — Shinola watches and shared a drink of Eagle Rare bourbon purchased at their joint bachelor party. It was one of the very few solo moments, as they wanted to spend most of the day with their guests.

“A lot of couples are like, ‘We need time to ourselves,’ but we didn’t really have that mentality,” David says. “All of our friends and family flew in from all over the world, truly — my brother from France and friends from Spain. We wanted to spend time with them, so we kept the personal time to a minimum.”

Instead of a larger wedding party, Jack and David opted to have one best man each. Even with the small wedding party, they stayed close to their friends by sitting with them at the reception, at a long table running down the middle of the room.

The evening sparkled with many memorable moments, including a rose petal toss (which resulted in David accidentally getting a handful of them thrown into his mouth), their first dance to “Butterflies” by Kacey Musgraves sung by Jack’s cousin, and a dazzling tuxedo change for the couple, going from traditional black tuxes for the ceremony to Jack’s green tux and David’s white tux for the reception.

Another special moment was between David and his father, who has since passed away, but at the time had just started chemotherapy treatment. “Sweet Caroline” by Neil Diamond was “their song,” and when it started playing, Jack went and found David’s dad, who had stepped away from the noise of the reception. When Jack brought him into the room, David’s dad lit up, and they were able to celebrate together. “That was a special moment we will always remember,” says David.

So, what exactly constitutes a “no notes” wedding for Jack and David?

“I love saying that it’s a ‘no notes’ wedding because I’m not open to feedback,” Jack says. “There are no notes; there’s nothing you can say to me that would change what we did. It was absolutely perfect.”

“Yeah, I would agree with all that,” David says. “There’s nothing I would change.”