New York permit, other clues point to July 3 Taylor Swift wedding, NYT says

By Lisa Richwine

LOS ANGELES, June 24 (Reuters) – Are you ready for this? Releases and sources suggest that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce will get married in New York next week, the New York Times reported on Wednesday.

Swift, one of the most successful musicians of all time, and three-time Super Bowl champion Kelce announced their engagement in August. Speculation continues as to when and where the couple will get married.

New York City has been given permission to close the streets around Madison Square Garden from July 2 to noon on July 4 for an event on July 3, the Times reported, citing three people with knowledge of the matter.

The newspaper said several members of Kelce’s football team, the Kansas City Chiefs, had booked hotel rooms for dates around July 3 at the Marriott Marquis hotel in Times Square.

A fourth person, a city official briefed on the preparations, said Madison Square Garden plans to host wedding festivities on July 3, the Times reported.

Winick Productions, an event planning company, filed an application with the city’s Street Activity Permit Office in early June, the newspaper said. According to the report, the company requested permission to set up a tent or canopy outside the arena for the event, which it said would include 500 to 999 participants.

Reuters could not immediately confirm that permission had been granted or that the wedding would take place in July. Representatives for Swift, Madison Square Garden and Winick did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

New York will be busy with the United States’ 250th birthday events and World Cup play around July 3.

(Reporting by Lisa Richwine; editing by Scott Malone and Nia Williams)