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NYC permits and MSG block July 2, 4 renew Swift, Kelce wedding rumors

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The New York Times and NBC Sports report that Madison Square Garden has blocked July 2 and July 4 on its calendar and that New York City permit filings seek street closures around MSG from July 2 to July 4, renewing speculation Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce could wed that weekend. The Times says multiple Kansas City Chiefs players reserved Manhattan hotels for July 2 to July 4 and that the permit paperwork requests police security and traffic control for streets around the arena. Certain reports and the filings outline an intimate July 2 ceremony for about 100 guests followed by a larger July 3 event, and use of MSG would require city approvals and NYPD logistics that could close roads and disrupt nearby events.

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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have reportedly filed a permit request to close streets around Madison Square Garden from July 2-4, according to TMZ. Several members of the Kansas City Chiefs have also booked hotels in the area for the same time period.

335245d ago
russellmania50.bsky.social304

This is the type of actions billionaires do that piss off regular folks.

Steve202

Fuck them. Its bizarre enough to have a wedding at MSG. Its outrageous if they close off roads to do it.

Thembo94

Rich people are so goofy

Nil 🇺🇸 Desperandum🌻📚💙80

Taylor and Travis have officially proven that they have joined the tone deaf, bloated ego, ivory tower club of the ultra-wealthy. MSG for nuptials? How déclassé. Requesting closure of public streets for a private party? How self-absorbed. Not realizing the optics of this event? Karmic.

melting_in_vegas51

Props to Tom Holland and Zendaya for not doing something like this!

Cats Are Better Than Men Because46

You know what? If you need THAT MUCH ROOM to get married in, go out in a field, or a desert, or a mountain.

K743

Shitty move to basically fuck over anyone commuting around there...

funkyartlady.bsky.social41

With what is going on in the United States right now maybe read the room a little better? I get you made the money but my gosh people are literally starving in America in 2026. Seems a bit tone deaf.

Debbie Lefkowitz31

Why? Why not get married on some private island?

Observations on the Failings of Humanity31

I’m sorry, I don’t care who you are, you shouldn’t be able to close streets for a wedding unless everybody on those streets is invited.

karicort.bsky.social25

So inconvenience NYers, their families, & NYPD and MTA which will probably call people to work overtime? Ugh There are so many other places that could host a wedding on a holiday weekend, w/o disrupting the community. This is a reminder that no one should be a billionaire.

antifa4ever.bsky.social22

3 days? Wtf. Sorry not sorry but rude rude rude. Go to Tennessee FFS!!!! Taylor has gone all selfish. Ugh.

Justan18

So fucking obnoxious. Look, I consider myself a fan of her music, but her constant need for showing her wealth and inconveniencing everyone in her wake is driving me up the wall. This is obnoxious as hell. She could have booked some place in her home state and had an overpriced normal wedding.

old yvette15

Jeezus. Really? Getting married at MSG? Pomp and circumstance much?🙄

Left Of Texas13

We really need to cut down on entire blocks being shut down for rich people weddings.

A Man Has No Name 🇺🇦12

I appreciate that they aren’t so shallow as to inconvenience America’s largest city during its semiquincentennial celebration.

proton256.bsky.social12

Can't they just get married and leave the public out of it? Not just them but all the publicity grabbing entertainers and other insecure people. I like TS's music but sheesh.

Hexadecimal12

They really should go the Tom Holland/Zendaya route and just do it quickly and quietly before anyone realizes it

True Blue11

Hmm.. why for 3 days? Seems odd, no?

DougieLombax🩷💜💙 (Dougie/Adrienne/Zeek/not my real name) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🇮🇪🇦🇲🇺🇦11

Why? What do they need it for? Is it where they plan to ascend to a higher state of being? Imagine saying you did that at Madison Square Garden.

hollywhitevta.bsky.social10

Okay. They're rich and famous. But this is obnoxous.

Len "Commissar of Chaos" Combs10

Just a Love Story about a tortured poet closing Madison Square Garden for the Holiday weekend to marry a football star.

Xine10

So many haters in the comments that are jealous that they don’t have thousands of friends that want to be there to help them celebrate. Haters gonna hate.

nativeplantfairy.bsky.social9

So what I’m hearing is a billionaire is going to cause traffic issues for working class people on a “holiday” (not one I celebrate as the USA is not worth celebrating) weekend.

carylma33.bsky.social8

I find this really annoying. Like renting out Venice

Barry Hochberg8

What if everyone showed up at MSG for a wedding and the only thing to happen was just a private Taylor Swift concert? PSYCH!

Volkoft8

Billionaires is gonna billionaire I guess.

wtf-2.bsky.social8

No civilian should have the power to close NYC streets for a wedding. Nothing against Taylor Swift, IJS.

I Have Something 2 SAY7

If this is true, that’s the definition of hubris.

Release the Files.6

Good for her. I hope she enjoys her day.

Kevan Aponte6

They are going to block city streets for 3 days for their wedding? How entitled. Rich people getting married! Never mind you shop owners will lose business, rich people getting married.

Miss G Teacup6

And if Taylor Swift's wedding is on July 4th, the media coverage will swamp anything that old man Trump does in Washington DC.

underwhelmed72.bsky.social6

Something is seriously wrong with anyone who thinks their marriage deserves this much fanfare. Swift is marrying Kelce, not her fans. How about giving the rest of a little privacy.

Skilly6

Oh please…who gives a shit!?

al6

I can’t believe they are actually doing it. Diva has LOST the plot

minngirl.bsky.social5

Ewww these two are GROSS!!

Certified Alien5

Sickening. Can I close the street for my wedding? They better be paying out the ass for this.

blueinmo1957.bsky.social5

I'm sorry but that's bullshit, especially on the 4th! Fuck them both!

Amy5

That is going to cause nightmares for so many people. On July 4th? With massive fireworks for 250?

Margaret❌👑5

That's a bit much, honestly.

ₚₐᵥₑₗ ₜᵣₒₗₗₒᵥᵢcₕ🇪🇺5

On the one hand I wouldn't mind being Kelce for a while. On the other hand I wouldn't want to be responsible for shutting down one of the nerve centers of NYC during *that* weekend unless it's a huge party for everybody. Not all New Yorkers will be in the Hamptons.

iouthanx2.bsky.social4

Leave these people alone. I hate gossip.

Digital Soundbath4

There's no businesses around there that would be affected huh?

Blue_Riverrrr4

Shut down the city over 4th of July?? Get married on a private island

MF Doob4

"Happy 4th brokies, enjoy this 30 minute detour on your way to the cookout" Taylor Swift-Kelce 2026

Victor144034

You can say what you want about them, but I'm very happy for both of them.

The Goth Mom4

You close streets for community parades, not for celebrity weddings. You want privacy? Have your wedding in a vineyard or a desert or something, where you're not inconvincing everyone else.

nometahere.bsky.social4

I thought she said she wants a simple wedding. Do you have a link covering this "story"?

Karen4

The arena is right over Penn Station…how is that going to work?

Jackie Knott3

Someone pass this along to Taylor and Travis. 😊 Married in husband's home town. Helped preacher load his UHaul that morning; he was leaving. Street clothes, church, preacher/wife, MIL and Auntie. No flowers. It isn't the size of the wedding; it's the commitment. Married 49 yrs. 😁

Jennisaurus Rex3

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social please don't allow this on 4th of July weekend. That's so obstructive during your tourist season. Billionaire whitw bitch and her man thingy can wait.

🩵💙🩵 Beth 🩵💙🩵3

If this is true it is repulsive.

Larry From Pa3

WYF? How many thousands will that impact?

ginniulusa.bsky.social3

its a big ask....answer should be no...roads stay open...

Midwestern Soccer Fan3

Its no longer America 250 we are celebrating

MindfulBobbi3

The arrogance of bloody billionaires...

Tracella3

They really should have a 5 year engagement.....

David3

When did we start just believing everything TMZ reports

Karen Starkie(Release the Epstein files)3

And I bet there will be no booing in the square.

K. Moore 🦋📚🎼3

When you’re rich enough to block streets during 4th of July festivities..

Toke Salad Annie3

Over a major holiday?? I’m rich. Do what I ask 🙄

Logc3

Wouldn’t this be easily confirmed? “Reportedly”? Sounds like an attempt at clickbait.🙄🙄🙄

Gayle Dourn Plantz3

Who can't wait until they become the first couple on the earth to be parents. Come on y'all know one of these couples 🧐

JstReveln3

Neither one of these mega stars have taken a stance against ICE and this regime. With great power comes great responsibility and these two are absolute losers on that front. At this point they are complicit and can fuck all the way off

sidseven.bsky.social3

How Utterly Precious, & Tone Deaf.

Cheryl (SC) 🌛 🌴3

Can't they just go to an island somewhere? Where they won't inconvenience a million people? She can afford to provide transport and housing to the entire wedding party.

discolunk.bsky.social3

This, among many other reasons, is why we don't need billionaires

Z_G 🇺🇦3

I could understand a few hours. I wouldn't appreciate it, but I would understand it. But 3 days is ABSOLUTELY ABSURD! It wasn't even closed for that long when the Knicks won!

margot-and-hamish2.bsky.social2

Should be made illegal to close streets unless in the interests of the residents in or around it. Buying it should be illegal too.

ChefJohn2

I’m more impressed that Travis Kelce is one of the Exec Producers for the new Netflix doc on Jean Micheal Basquiat!! That’s what I’m all about!!! #Basquiat #TravisKelce

💔2

With the amount of money they have, why would they pick an arena? In the middle of the biggest city in our country? Seems odd. But maybe she feels more comfortable having a stage for her wedding. Like putting on a show or concert. She is doing her I guess.

Leandra2

I hope prenups and insurance policies are signed and finalized.

T Antony 🏳‍🌈2

Is that insider trading, on hotel rooms?

Indira2

... Marry the fuck somewhere else!

Michelle Deitz2

I’m really surprised she’d get married at MSG. I thought it would be a much more romantic and natural venue.

Don't Ask, Won't Tell2

Let the lovers have their time. If they wanted you there, they would have INVITED you. They're famous, okay, but YOU DIDN'T BUY them. Man, get lives folks. Drop your egos. Let folks be folks.

AuntieG (She/Her) 🖕🏽2

Yea, this pisses me off

crone-ology.bsky.social2

I think if you're a human wanting privacy, you go to a private area. Requesting control of a portion of any city is gross. Stop your nonsense.

criggy.bsky.social2

Quite ridiculous but it definitely seems like it will piss off trump!!

smpa58.bsky.social2

Bet they divorce within 5 years....

Matt (he/him)2

They are settling their relationship differences in a boxing ring in front of a live audience. Top notch business mindset at play.

Chrismxtx2

Disgusting conspicuous consumption. And this is to commemorate love? In a huge venue so adoring fans can watch? Really disgusting.

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jeremy kaplowitz81

this is the billionaire celebrity version of when someone commits suicide by subway car and everyone gets mad that their commute got fucked

Maj41

Leave it to billionaires to use their special day to ruin & inconvenience the fuck out of yours. No. I don't care that she made Shake It Off & he's a super bowl champ...this is billionaire goof shit.

Peyton Reads 📚💜🌻30

This was the first time I met Taylor in 2018 with #TJ5, an anipal band I helped with tours & merch! Look how I was glowing with happiness 🤭! Picsart was a wonder to me! I loved I could be anywhere, meeting everyone with it! I'm trying to confirm details because we have a wedding to go to pals! 💜🌻🥳

Chloe6

Why the fuck would you want to get married in Plato’s cave. Also closing the streets around Penn Station, the busiest transit hub in the western hemisphere, for a private wedding, is so fucking evil

Cirenzi4

A very important wedding announcement from your favorite president. Many people are saying Taylor chose me as Flower President. Very beautiful flowers. Maybe the best.

The Toronto Ben Jays 🇨🇦⚾️4

If you had Taylor Swift levels of wealth, where would you get married? In NYC specifically, my best options are: -Ebbets Field, which I can afford to rebuild in order to bring the Dodgers home. -The runway at JFK. Just imagine how many people you could afford to inconvenience all over the world.

ShePlaysGuitars2

Last month I said to a friend: The one event capable of stealing the 4th of July weekend from being all about trump would be a taylor swift wedding. LOL

David Jett2

If you have to inconvenience normal people for three days, including July 4, then your big stupid meathead wedding is definitely a big stupid meathead wedding.

Lady Friend2

I'm so fucking tired of these insufferable self-obsessed alabaster MAGA adjacent idiots. And no, I dont care that she donates to charities that wouldn't need to exist if it weren't for billionaires like her hoarding wealth in the first place. That's quite literally the least she could do.

the antisocialite, 🎩 jaunty feral2

Not a swifty but calling it: Sparks Fly and it didn't take much to ferret this out

Scott Adamson
@scottadamson1960.bsky.social

Does it make me a bad person to not give a damn where Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce get married? Or if they get married? Or what they're doing at any given moment?

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Gina P.30

No. Though it's wild that there's people insanely obsessed with her.

Steve Gangi - AA6LJ18

I don't dislike either of them. I just figure it's their wedding and their business.

Rid15

A major event on July 4th opposite frumps rally is golden crowd size will be a thing and like you I don't give a damn where they get married, I simply enjoy that it will cause ketchup to be hurled LOL

Lily Bart 📚 🎧 😽14

No it just makes you not a Swiftie. There’s nothing wrong with escaping into something fun while the world is on fire.

MaggieMay11

Seriously. They have absolutely nothing in common with the average person and I find it more than a little unhealthy mentally to have that deep an obsession.

LiarSpeaksTheTruth8

They're still a thing? Good for them. Anyway, where's a good place a guy can get a decent espresso and a haircut?

eilrach.bsky.social8

I respect her as an awesome business woman. But deeply don’t care about her personal life. But I feel the same way about everyone else in public life.

ilovecouy26.bsky.social8

I do like the idea they are going to steal Trumps thunder!!

stcroixwis.bsky.social8

I admire them both for their accomplishments but don't give a shit where they get married.

cosmoknows.bsky.social7

I've long been over our constant worship of athletes and celebrities. I know I am old but I remember the days when a member of our local NHL hockey team worked in a sporting goods store near me to make money during the offseason.

BecauseMy😼SaidSo 🐸🇺🇸6

Nope, and I have nothing against either of them or any other celebrity who's just doing their thing but the media thinks the whole damned world needs to know about it.

joiksinger.bsky.social5

Thank you. Some yutz was exclaiming that if they married in msg it would be “amazing”…. No, dear. Amazing would be a talking horse

stjoelakeside.bsky.social5

No, it makes you a non-shallow, non-idiotic person. I block all that ridiculous, unimportant shit.

Cindi4

It's only relevant because it's designed to take yam tits out of the spotlight😉

Iophiel4

Nope. Good for them. I am glad they found happiness. I'll be avoiding the big showy display like I do with any other. I hope her fans enjoy that moment.

William Logan4

Why do we all seem to worship wealthy celebrities? They seem to have the worst lives, the most stress, the most drama, suicides, divorces, financial meltdowns, and court cases. Their lives really aren't enviable at all if you look closely.

christinesage.bsky.social4

Sort of like the Kardashians for me…except with more class.

L.S.3

No. But you know I wish them happiness just like anyone else getting married.

A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall3

Nah, that's way better than being oddly angry about it, actually.

bohemianchameleon.bsky.social3

No. I couldn't care less either. It's just stupid and meaningless.

lyndelljoe.bsky.social3

No, you're right Scott. Too much celeb coverage these days.

2thess.bsky.social2

Not at all. What would make you a bad person is to snipe at them…. …

ChefJohn2

I have nothing against either. I actually a fan but getting married at fucking Madison Square Garden just seems like the most shitty place in the world anyone would ever want to get married. But, to each his own I guess.

redlady84.bsky.social2

I like Taylor and some of her songs and I don't care at all. It's hard to admit I'm a fan because some people take being into her really really far. The conspiracy theories are nuts. I just think she's cute

Sokyle2 🇺🇸 🇰🇷 🇫🇷 🇺🇦 🇹🇭 🇹🇼 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️2

No, it makes you just like me I don't care either

Sandy2

Me, either. I know ppl who are making guesses at how long the marriage will last and most are thinking in terms of single digits.

DeepBlueThinker2

Billionaires demand the press. They all think the world revolves around them

The Fate of Ophelia2

I'm sure it's quite exciting if you are a 12 yr old girl. 🤷

Anne-Marie Silbiger (happimess73)2

Couldn't give a shiny shite

Rogue1772

No you are not a bad person for not idolizing a billionaire and her football player boyfriend

Miss CJ2

I pretend to care because it pisses MAGAts off and any day I can piss off a MAGAt is a good day.

Forbes
@forbes.com

A mix of permit filings and hotel accommodations suggest Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce will soon host their wedding at Madison Square Garden, The New York Times reported.

30245d ago
ProFootballTalk
@profootballtalk.bsky.social

The Travis Kelce-Taylor Swift wedding reportedly will happen at Madison Square Garden on the weekend of July 4.

26845d ago
Matt M.19

Not a fan of Taylor Swift, but it would be hilarious if her vanity project of a wedding overshadows Trump’s 250th celebration.

R18 art ahead turn around and leave8

Taylor swift wedding will be remembered as the 250th America's birthday event...and not anything that the Orange shit bag does ... I do not even like her music but sure as hell I'll watch her wedding!!!

Mark Olwick7

Good thing they opted for a small, discrete wedding.

PJ Irwin4

Is it a ruse, to throw off the press and crowds?

cancer dancer3

They will then consummate their marriage at half court in the marital fuck pit where everyone can bet on draftkings who finishes first.

ellensirius.bsky.social3

thinking of all the good these two could do for folks in need

Lucifer *Call me Luci3

We need this for July 4. WE NEED A WONDERFUL WEDDING

YHenryG 📚 💉 😷3

why are they f-ing up #NYC over July 4 weekend? #July4

💔2

Who really cares besides the bride, groom and their friends and family? It's their wedding. Be wherever they want for their own enjoyment and memories. We have no part in that event. Move on. Go have a pool party or walk on a beautiful trail. Enjoy your lives. They are.

defeline.bsky.social2

Good for them. Glad I don’t live anywhere near MSG! 🤣

Ordinary Magic2

Just live in sin. It's not safe to be married in the US right now for women and their voting rights.

Peasant with questions2

At least someone will have something to celebrate on the 4th. Other side, this may just draw attention away from the felons 250 maggot rally. As of now, there will be no 4th here...leave it up to the felon to turn everything he touches to s**t.

je982

That’s one way to keep it quiet.

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