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New York – It’s the celebrity wedding of the decade—and bride Taylor Swift (36) is sequestering parts of Manhattan for a lovefest with Travis Kelce (36)! NYPD units are on patrol, even anti-terrorism units and service dogs are on duty! It all started on Thursday with a pre-dinner. On Friday, Swift and Kelsey invited 1,000 guests to Madison Square Garden – the famous sports and concert arena was completely redesigned for the romantic occasion.
What BILD journalists observe in New York
BILD reporters have also been in New York since Thursday. They report: Police have completely closed the sidewalk around Madison Square Garden to pedestrians. Helicopters were circling over the place. It is estimated that the security measures alone will cost between €350,000 and €440,000.
Mega police presence just for Taylor and Travis
BILD reporters report live from the wedding of the decade in New York (from left): Nico Nölken, Katie Pfleghar, Tobias Everke, Yoav Ginzburg and Christian Spreitz.
Officially, no one here wants to know that Taylor and football player Travis are celebrating the Super Bowl of Love at the arena: a police spokesman reacted reservedly to BILD’s request and only said that his forces were protecting the event.
Blazing heat on Swift’s wedding day
There has not yet been a large crowd of fans in front of the wedding venue. Maybe because of the extreme heat? In New York’s Central Park on Thursday, the temperature was measured at about 38 degrees Celsius for the first time in 14 years! One person who hasn’t been deterred is Heiko Baumann (47) from Kassel. He is visiting a friend in New York and has been overseeing Swift’s wedding preparations for several days. He told BILD: “I oversee the camera crews and editing. The police first put up barriers, then there were signs prohibiting parking, trucks and forklifts.”
Heiko Baumann (47 years old) from Kassel is a fan of Taylor Swift and closely follows what happens in Madison Square Garden.
“We’ve been standing here for two days”
More Swifties came in the evening, including Sonja (24 years old) and mother Dagmar (62 years old) from Erlangen (Bavaria). Sonya told BILD: “We stood here for two days and saw huge trucks with floral decorations and white railings.”
Dagmar (62 years old) and daughter Sonja (24 years old) wanted to go to Vienna together for a Taylor Swift concert. This had to be canceled due to a specific terrorist threat.
Barriers and police dogs on duty: Where tourists usually walk, nothing is happening today
Here Taylor Swift travels to the wedding venue
In a New York house Taylor Swift As BILD noted, things were pretty quiet. And this moment: the bride is driven out of the garage in a silver SUV right in front of the lens of the BILD photographer. Unfortunately, it was not possible to see the pop queen – the car windows were darkened.
Here comes the bride! Taylor Swift sits in this car
The bride, groom and guests are protected
Before dinner with 100 guests Thursday, several black SUVs with tinted windows drove in and out. BILD could see that whenever a car entered the tent, it was hidden from view. No one has to see which stars are guests. There is a large white tent set up in front of the entrance to the hall.
To protect the wedding party from prying eyes, workers set up a tent in front of Madison Square Garden.
The American media are already eager to know who will come to the wedding: according to Page Six, the guest list should include singer Selena Gomez (33), models Karlie Kloss (33) and Cara Delevingne (33), actresses Zoe Kravitz (37) and Suki Waterhouse (34) and pop star Ed Sheeran (35). American media also claim that they have learned that Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks (78 years old) and country megastar Tim McGraw (59 years old) are in Wedding must happen. Who was seen at Thursday’s pre-dinner: Lena Dunham (40), Jack Antonoff (42), Abigail Anderson (36), Erin Andrews (48), Charissa Thompson (44), Greg Olsen (41), Camila Cabello (29) and Arik Jones. Also in attendance were Gigi Hadid (31) and her boyfriend, actor Bradley Cooper (51). Of course, the families of the bride and groom were also present.
Blake Lively’s war huh?
There was a lot of speculation as to whether actress Blake Lively (38) would be among the guests. Now we know: No, she is not there! Photos courtesy of TMZshe and her husband Ryan Reynolds, 49, are performing on Thursday hundreds of miles from Manhattan.
Selena Gomez (33) said on Thursday that she looks very stylish from the car. She doesn’t reveal where she’s going, but that’s clear too.
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The AP news agency managed to obtain information about one Take your New York City Celebration Permit.. Included: wedding schedule. The starting signal was on Thursday (July 2) at 17:30, when guests gradually arrived for a pre-dinner. Only 100 friends and family members were invited. At 23:00. local time, shuttles were still running in front of Madison Square Garden. This means: obviously, there was still a celebration going on inside.
Taylor and Travis’s guests celebrated late Thursday night, and maybe a little longer. A BILD reporter’s photo shows the shuttle in front of Madison Square Garden.
It will continue on Friday (July 3) from 17:00. a big party will take place even for 1000 guests! Initially, American media reported that the celebration would only last until 2 am. The party will last until 4 a.m., according to city documents.
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