CONFIRMED! Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce will marry Friday at Madison Square Garden – Inside Details |

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce will hold their wedding at Madison Square Garden on Friday night, according to a police official who explained security plans.

Taylor Swift is Travis Kelce’s wedding The first celebrations are the rehearsal dinner

The festivities will begin with a modest dinner planned for Thursday night, the official said. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly.Speculation about the singer-actress’ wedding has begun to fizzle in recent days, after weeks of unconfirmed reports that it will take place over the Fourth of July weekend at one of New York’s most popular events.

NYC is ‘ready’ for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Wednesday that permission has been granted for a “major event” at Madison Square Garden.“We are fully prepared,” he added. “There is nothing more to share than that.”New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said police “will have the details,” but declined to elaborate.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce wedding plans are underway

This week, workers have been unloading equipment from trucks outside the Manhattan square. A large carpet was briefly unfurled outside one of the doors and then quickly removed.When equipment was brought into MSG this week, some reports showed a video of a man with a “Taylor Swift Carpenters” shirt operating the machine; Others took hold of the steps that seemed to be dragged into the place.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding bash for 999 people

Citing an entertainment executive and another person familiar with the matter, The New York Times reported that the couple is planning a 100-person gathering at Madison Square Garden — a 19,500-seat venue — on July 2 followed by a second event at the stadium for about 1,000 guests on July 3.The Associated Press could not independently confirm this, but there have been no public events scheduled from June 29 until the Bon Jovi concert on July 7.Public records show that the city granted permission to set up and take down sports equipment at the stadium from June 29 to July 4. Winick Productions, the company that has created red carpet events for the Grammy and Tony award Awards and film screenings, also requested permission to set up a roof or tent outside the Garden to hold an event involving up to 999 people.

Friends, family and many celebrities are expected to attend

Swift joked in October that “everyone I’ve talked to” will be invited to the wedding, telling Graham Norton that she believes “the only stressful wedding” is the one that’s small and forces people to aggressively cut the guest list.However, who exactly will appear remains to be determined.In addition to the family, Kelce’s Kansas City Chiefs teammate Patrick Mahomes and his wife, Brittany Mahomes, will likely attend.For Swift, close friends like Selena Gomez, Abigail Anderson Berard, the Haim sisters, Emma Stone and Gigi Hadid are all likely to attend.

Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce aren’t the only celebrities to have gotten married at Madison Square Garden

Madison Square Garden may not scream “bride,” but the venue is a rental, catering for parties of up to 1,250 — or 2,000 if you’re only serving cocktails. And it has had weddings before.Sly Stone married Kathy Silva there in 1974 in front of thousands of fans. And more than 2,000 couples got married in a big ceremony in Munda which was presided over by Rev. Sun Myung Moon in 1982.Located above Penn Station, the busiest rail hub in the US, the Garden doesn’t scream “secret”.But it has a secure entrance, a secure garage and a lack of windows, which will allow Kelce, Swift and famous guests to stay out of the way of photographers or camera drones.

Safety is a ‘worry’ for Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce

Some say that the sound of MSG can be a confusing smokescreen to distract from the true feelings of their marriage. Swift once wrote, “No, you can’t come to the wedding,” in her song “But Daddy I Love Him,” which some fans have been reworking recently as a reminder that the wedding shouldn’t be a spectacle.Safety is also very important. In 2024, Swift canceled three concerts in Vienna on her Eras tour due to a failed tour.New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch on Wednesday declined to confirm whether Swift and Kelce’s wedding will take place on Friday at MSG but said her department will have special arrangements for any major event over the weekend.“I can’t say enough about the event we’re following at Madison Square Garden on Friday night,” Tisch said. “The NYPD, they’re going to have the details, but I’m not going to go into detail about that at this point.”