Fencing is up, streets are closed and all signs point to a lavish wedding for megastars Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce in New York City this weekend.
At Madison Square Garden, workers have been hauling in food and decor to make the whole place shimmer. News cameras captured foliage, a box marked “garden party” and another labelled lobster meat. The venue’s public calendar shows no events scheduled till Tuesday — a rare six-day stretch in a summer otherwise packed with concerts, with just the occasional night unbooked.
Several media outlets reported that Swift and Kelce will hold a 100-person event at the sports arena on Thursday followed by a larger celebration in front of 1,000 people on Friday. The pop superstar and National Football League player have not confirmed when and where they will marry, and Swift’s publicist has not responded to requests from Reuters for comment.
New York City already was abuzz with major happenings over the US Independence Day weekend. Tall ships will sail into New York Harbour to mark the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on Saturday, and a FIFA World Cup match is set for Sunday in nearby New Jersey. On Wednesday, onlookers stopped to watch a Russian couple of daredevils who climbed to the top of the Empire State Building and unfurled a banner urging world peace.
