Taylor Swift herself has said the rumors are terrible and cruel…but most of them are true.
As all eyes continue to be on the “New Romantics” singer and Travis Kelce’s forthcoming wedding, a special event permit recently filed for around Madison Square Garden in New York, according to records obtained by E! News, has raised eyebrows.
Indeed, from the evening of June 28 to the evening of July 4, the New York Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment has filed a permit for theater load in and outs for a “film event” on the city blocks where MSG is located. Notably, the concert venue has no scheduled public events between the evening of June 28, when Rüfus Du Sol performs, and July 7, when Bon Jovi makes his Forever Tour stop.
The curiously-timed permit comes less than a month after rumors first surfaced about Swift and Kelce potentially holding their wedding ceremony July 3 at Madison Square Garden.
E! News has reached out to reps for Swift but has not heard back.
However, MSG isn't the only theory about Swift and Kelce's wedding being passed around. Many fans speculated the couple would tie the knot June 13 at Ocean House in Watch Hill, Rhode Island, a grand hotel near Swift’s Holiday House estate. However, the date recently came and went without any pomp and circumstance.
Meanwhile, Swift and Kelce are shaking off anyone seeking more details about their special day. Indeed, even guests have been kept in the dark. While San Francisco 49ers tight end George Kittle confirmed he and his wife Claire Kittle would be in attendance—and that the wedding would take place soon—they had no further information.
“We don’t know,” Kittle told Entertainment Tonight when asked about the MSG rumors. “I actually asked Travis last night and he laughed at me.”
Indeed, the NFL player wasn’t even sure of the general area where festivities would take place.
“I’m half expecting there to just be a jumbo jet on a runway,” Kittle joked, “And they put us on a plane somewhere. I don’t have expectations. I know it’s going to be amazing.”
As for whether a ceremony at MSG matches the white veil occasion Swift has always envisioned? Despite her romantic songs, the “Love Story” singer shared she hadn’t given the specifics of her wedding day much thought prior to getting engaged to Kelce in August 2025.
“You would think that I had been the type of person who would have obsessed over the idea of a wedding my whole life," Swift admitted during an October appearance on U.K.’s Heart Radio, “but I actually never thought about what I would ever do or what I would want until I met the person."
And MSG would be the perfect spot for the one detail of her vision that Swift has shared.
“It’s huge,” Swift joked of her guest list after extending an invite to Graham Norton during an appearance on his talk show in October. “I know it’s gonna be fun to plan because I think the only stressful weddings are the ones where you have a small amount and people are on the bubble.”
As she put it, “I’m not gonna do that—it’s gonna be fun.”
If the possibility of Swift and Kelce tying the knot at MSG raising a lot of questions…? Keep reading for more on the theory…
Are Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce getting married at Madison Square Garden?
Reports that Swift and Kelce will wed at the historic New York City arena—home of the Knicks and Rangers, as well as countless major musical moments through the years—have only picked up steam since Page Six first put it out there June 5.
The bride and groom have not confirmed this, nor have they denied it.
Meanwhile, the rationales for getting married in such a venue have multiplied, from the relentlessly tight security infrastructure that's already in place to the fact that simply being indoors in a space with underground parking and no windows is a good way to avoid photographers peeping from above with helicopters and drones.
While the musical guest possibilities are endless, should Swift take the stage on her big day it will mark her first performance at MSG since the Z100 Jingle Ball on Dec. 13, 2019—a.k.a. her 30th birthday.
You'd think more rich and/or famous people would've said "I do" at MSG since 1964. But the most memorable vow swaps to date remain Sly Stone marrying Kathy Silva onstage in front of 20,000 Sly and the Family Stone fans in 1974, and when 2,075 couples wed in 1982 at a mass Unification Church ceremony presided over by Sun Myung Moon.
But people and companies do book events there, with rates starting in the thousands to rent a luxury suite and veering toward $1 million-plus to buy out the arena.
Knicks owner James Dolan told WFAN that reporters got "half of it wrong" in speculating that Swift and Kelce were given free NBA Finals tickets in exchange for paying top dollar to hold their wedding at MSG.
"Travis is in a mandatory training camp," Dolan added, possibly clarifying that he meant Swift alone got complimentary courtside seats and the rest is true. But possibly not.
What's the significance of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's rumored wedding date July 3?
Aside from July 3 being a blank space on MSG's calendar, Swift loves to go all out for Fourth of July—which conveniently falls on a Saturday this year. You know, to make it a wedding weekend.
But don't discount the numbers game, Swift reminding during her August New Heights appearance, "I love numerology. I love math stuff, I love dates."
It's also a convenient time for the groom, whose 14th NFL season doesn't kick off until September. (And official training camp doesn't start until July 29.)
Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid said during a June 11 news conference that he'd witnessed "no distractions" for Kelce in the off-season, quipping, "If it's like when I got married, my wife did everything…Maybe he's doing more, but he looks like he's pretty focused in on this job, too."
Who is coming to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's wedding?
Real ones like Reid are exercising their right to remain silent, the bemused 68-year-old telling reporters, "Can't talk about it."
Jason Kelce's wife Kylie Kelce advised on her podcast back in April, "To literally everybody, I know it usually comes from a good place, not always, but quit asking me and my mother-in-law about upcoming nuptials."
And at this point, it's tough to say who's being cheeky and who's being sincere about getting an invitation, with everyone from Niall Horan to Prince William down as a maybe.
“I’m gonna go to Taylor’s wedding, and maybe I’ll get some inspiration," Swift's friend Suki Waterhouse, who's engaged to Robert Pattinson, told Variety when asked about her own nuptial planning. "It will be amazing."
Swift was en route to Australia when Karlie Kloss got married in 2018, but the model reportedly is on the singer's guest list.
And the bride-to-be did indicate she'd be going with the adage of "the more, the merrier," if not an MSG-capacity crowd of 22,000.
"I know it’s going to be fun to plan because I think the only stressful weddings are when you have a small amount and people are on the bubble," Swift told Graham Norton in October when she extended an invite to the talk show host on-air. "You have to evaluate or assess your relationship with them to see if they should be there—I’m not gonna do that.”
Several notable wedding planners have been linked to the Swift-Kelce nuptials.
Tara Guérard had to clarify in April that she was not the 1, presumably to protect her actual clients from a swarm of Swifties descending on their June 13 wedding at the Ocean House in Westerly, R.I.
Some fans made the trip anyway, but the nuptials were otherwise undisturbed.
Page Six has since identified Mark Seed—whose past clients include Jennifer Lawrence—as Swift's chosen wedding planner. Reportedly known for his discretion, Seed has not commented.
Did New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani really confirm Taylor Swift's wedding timeframe?
What does the mayor know and when did he know it? While discussing World Cup security at a June 15 news conference, Mamdani noted that his city is "used to big events" and they were "incredibly excited" for further soccer action at MetLife Stadium.
"We know it coincides with the Knicks’ Finals run," he continued. "We know it coincides with July 4, America 250, Taylor Swift’s wedding—all happening at the same time—and we are so excited to welcome the world here.”
Mamdani will only be playing a role in some of those events, however, the mayor noting, "I wish them a lovely wedding. I'll listen to 'Only the Young' at home on my own."