Taylor Swift And Travis KelceAccording to a copy of the city permit obtained by The Associated Press, her wedding is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m. Friday at Madison Square Garden in New York and could last until 4 a.m. the next day.The application for “a special event at MSG” was approved by New York City’s permitting office Wednesday night, according to a spokesman for Mayor Zohran Mamdani.Multiple people familiar with the plans confirmed to AP that the application is tied to the wedding between the superstar singer and the football player.The people spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the events publicly.Permits show 100 guests will begin arriving at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Madison Square Garden for a “pre-party celebration,” which officials described as an intimate rehearsal dinner.A full road closure near Manhattan Arena will be in effect overnight as crews erect multiple entrances and drive-thru tents, according to the permit.The “main event” starts at 5pm on Friday and can run until 4am the next day. Records show the larger Friday event could host up to 1,000 people.Frenzied speculation surrounding the wedding has built for weeks, intensifying in recent days as crews have been seen unloading equipment from trucks, including a large carpet.The couple is yet to confirm any details about the festivities. A representative for Swift did not respond to multiple inquiries Thursday.City officials, meanwhile, acknowledged they were preparing for a large-scale event at Madison Square Garden that would require an extra police presence on a particularly busy weekend.But both Mamdani and his police commissioner have repeatedly refused to discuss the nature of the event — angering some nearby business owners and raising questions about the use of public resources to cover private security.“It is, in my opinion, ridiculous,” said Michael O’Brien, co-owner of O’Brien’s Bar and Grill, located across from Madison Square Garden.He said he was concerned about losing business due to the pending road closure, which had not yet been publicly announced by the police department as of Thursday afternoon.“If they can afford to buy permits,” O’Brien continued, “they can afford to have these big fancy events, why don’t they buy out local businesses instead of adversely affecting us?”
