By KATRINA SCHOLLENBERGER, US HEAD OF LIVE NEWS and RACHEL BOWMAN, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER and MARY O CONNOR
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The wedding of the year nearly is upon us!
Despite initial reports claiming Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were expected to say ‘I do’ tomorrow, insiders tell the Daily Mail the pair are set to get hitched this evening.
Two sources confirmed that tonight’s star-studded Madison Square Garden celebration, which was believed to be their rehearsal dinner at the Infosys Theater, is actually the pair’s wedding ceremony.
The megastars’ cars were spotted arriving at MSG on Thursday afternoon with a security escort in tow.
The couple have kept almost all of their plans under wraps, but with the celebrity guests pouring in to New York City, all eyes are on the extravagant nuptials.
Food trucks and vendors have been setting up at MSG for days, bringing in what is believed to be an elaborate, castle-style production stage for the event.
Swifties and NFL fans are buzzing with excitement, but New Yorkers are less than impressed. The circus-like party will shut down multiple blocks in midtown and impact Fourth of July travel out of nearby Penn Station on one of the hottest days of the year.
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Here comes the bride! Taylor Swift arrives at MSG
Cars that left from Taylor Swift’s New York City house have arrived at Madison Square Garden ahead of her highly anticipated wedding.
Preparations have been underway in the sweltering heat for the star-studded event.
Celebrities have flocked to the Big Apple, while delivery trucks and a huge police presence have become a constant at the venue.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce: American Love Story
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He’s the bullish sports bro from Cleveland with a raucous past.
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Workers are seen setting up a privacy tent outside of Madison Square Garden ahead of Tayvis wedding
Hiding in plain sight for 20 YEARS: The long trail of MSG wedding clues that are in Taylor Swift’s songs and music videos
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are gearing up to tie the knot at Madison Square Garden this week – and it turns out, there have been some pretty big clues about her wedding plans hidden in plain sight for years.
Swift and Kelce, both 36, are reported to first have a rehearsal dinner on July 2 in front of 100 of their closest friends and family members, followed by an official ceremony with roughly 1,000 attendees the next day, per the New York Times.
They are understood to be transforming the arena into a lush garden with a massive castle. The Daily Mail spotted crews bringing trees and greenery along with two ‘large white banisters’ into the venue this week.
It turns out, Swift may have been dropping hints about her wedding for over a decade.
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce said ‘I do’ before MSG bash, sources claim
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are ‘already married’ ahead of their massive New York City celebration.
Multiple sources told Page Six the couple said ‘I Do’ in a private ceremony before their party at MSG this weekend.
RoseMarie Terenzio, longtime personal assistant to JFK Jr who helped mastermind the Kennedy heir’s famously clandestine wedding to Carolyn Bessette 30 years ago this fall, previously told the Daily Mail she expected the megastar and NFL player would already be married before their party.
ASPCA thanks Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce for wedding donation
The ASPCA thanked the bride and groom from their pre-wedding donation with an adorable kitten post.
‘Thank you, Taylor and Travis. We’re deeply grateful to @taylorswift13 and @tkelce for their generous donation to the ASPCA as a part of their latest charitable giving announcement,’ the post said.
Who is Taylor Swift’s wedding planner?
While details about the Lover singer’s nuptials have been under wraps, she is rumored to have been working with an in-demand celebrity wedding planner.
Sources told Page Six that Los Angeles wedding planner Mark Seed has been working on the star-studded event ‘for months.’
Seed does not appear to have a public social media presence, and his website is a single-page listing of his contact information.
However, he is said to have planned weddings for A-list clients such as Jennifer Lawrence, Billie Lourd and Swift’s close friends Jack Antonoff and Margaret Qualley, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Swifties descend on MSG
Outside Madison Square Garden, the operation is impossible to ignore, with dozens of officers starting to appear all around the stadium.
Road closures have caused frustration for commuters and New Yorkers alike, as Swifties have also descended on the arena in droves.
Lenore Huspeth, 20, a Swift fan visiting from Houston, spoke to the Daily Mail outside the venue. She was ‘shocked’ when she learned the wedding was likely to be at MSG.
‘When we heard she was getting married here, we were like: “OMG! We get to be in NYC for her wedding,”‘ she said.
Fellow college student Victoria, also from Houston, added: ‘It’s gonna be a lot of craziness, but it’s gonna be great at the end of the day. This is what you come to New York for.’
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce wedding not exempt from NYC Mayor’s AC orders
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding is not exempt from Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s air conditioning orders during the blistering NYC heatwave, TMZ reports.
A city official told the outlet that the mayor’s recommendation of the AC setting at 78 degrees was a suggestion for all five boroughs, including Manhattan.
The couple are set to wed at MSG in the heart of the city tomorrow.
However, the ironic arena is reportedly automatically climate-controlled with no thermostat. The system determines what temperature the inside of the building should be based on the weather outside.
Insiders claim Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce will tie the knot TONIGHT
In the latest round of red herrings and mixed messages from the pair, wedding insiders tell Daily Mail the pair are exchanging vows tonight.
Two sources say the ‘rehearsal dinner’ is in fact a wedding ceremony.
This comes after days of mixed reports.
Some sources say the wedding ceremony is tomorrow morning, and isn’t at MSG.
Anthony Jabin, a memorabilia collector, told TMZ the wedding and the MSG party are ‘not in the same place’, and that it’s ‘not what people are expecting.’
He is attending as a plus one.
Nothing has been confirmed by Taylor’s team, and even family members are being largely kept in the dark.
Locals express frustration over extravagant wedding during heat wave
Franko Agallio, 26, a local resident, told the Daily Mail he resented the wedding going ahead at a time when New Yorkers are being told to turn down their AC units to prevent blackouts.
‘It is so stupid to turn lights off and save energy while she is having her wedding, knowing that is where all the energy will be going,’ he said.
Why Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce have CUT OUT their mothers-in-law ahead of wedding
Insiders have told the Daily Mail that Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Kelce, both 36, have shut out their parents, instead arranging the big day between themselves and a wedding planner.
‘Both sets of parents are all really happy and think getting married is the right thing for them to do because they’re old school and wanted him to put a ring on Taylor’s finger,’ an insider told us.
‘But none of them are involved in the wedding planning, although surprisingly Travis is.’
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Taylor and Travis’s cars arrive at MSG for blockbuster wedding as insiders claim the pair will say ‘I do’ TONIGHT: Live updates