People who work for Ms. Swift have been seen at Rock Lititz, a production campus in Lancaster County, Pa., where sets for major concerts are constructed and where high-profile musicians sometimes rehearse, the entertainment industry executive said. <\/p>\n
Winick Productions, a prominent event planning company that has helped put on major red carpet events including at Madison Square Garden, filed the application with the city\u2019s Street Activity Permit Office in early June. The company requested authorization to set up a tent or canopy outside the arena for the event, which it said would include 500 to 999 attendees. It also said that trucks would need space to load and unload materials at the arena.<\/p>\n
A representative for Winick Productions, which is based on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, declined to comment when reached by a reporter on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Of course, it is possible, or even likely, that the couple will actually exchange their vows in a separate, more private location before a larger celebration at the Garden. <\/p>\n
But the bigger gatherings \u2014 involving celebrity guests, paparazzi and professional athletes \u2014 would bring a spectacle to Midtown Manhattan in the height of the already busy tourist season. On July 4, the annual fireworks show in Lower Manhattan<\/a> will be bigger than usual for the nation\u2019s 250th birthday, and a flotilla of tall ships from around the world<\/a> will sail into New York Harbor. The city has also seen an influx of visitors for the FIFA World Cup<\/a>, and a game is scheduled on July 5.<\/p>\n People with knowledge of the permit, the hotel bookings and the event planning at the Garden spoke to The New York Times on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly. A spokeswoman for Madison Square Garden Sports and MSG Entertainment did not respond to requests for comment. A representative for Ms. Swift declined to comment.<\/p>\n Besotted fans, who devotedly follow Ms. Swift\u2019s career and love life and seek clues hidden in her music and social media, have been scouring any possible sources for hints about her wedding. The musician is known for secrecy around her personal life and occasional head fakes. But that secrecy often only intensifies the publicity around her every move as she orchestrates elaborate productions and highly-anticipated reveals.<\/p>\n Tabloid reports initially claimed<\/a> the wedding would take place on June 13 at a luxury hotel near Ms. Swift\u2019s home in Rhode Island, but Swifties who descended on the seaside enclave that weekend were left disappointed<\/a>.<\/p>\n Of course, Ms. Swift could be undertaking an extremely intricate ruse. But New York City agencies are proceeding with the expectation that a major Swift event will happen on July 3, said the people who have knowledge of the plans.<\/p>\n While the sports arena might seem like an unusual wedding venue, it is popular for lavish events, including the 1974 wedding of the musician Sly Stone<\/a>.<\/p>\n And there are obvious draws for Ms. Swift: The venue\u2019s highly controlled and windowless environment provides security and privacy, and it would be an ideal setting should Ms. Swift or her celebrity friends want to perform. At Madison Square Garden, there is a discreet entrance and ramp to the arena that allows black cars to bring celebrities<\/a> inside. The couple would be able to control images from the event in a way that would be difficult to do in an open air venue.<\/p>\n The New York Post<\/a> and TMZ<\/a> reported earlier this month about their plans to hold an event at the Garden.<\/p>\n When the Rhode Island wedding did not materialize<\/a>, fans turned their attention to the other potential site of New York, where Ms. Swift has a home in Manhattan\u2019s TriBeCa neighborhood. She has professed her love for the city, including in her 2014 hit \u201cWelcome to New York.\u201d<\/p>\n She fueled more speculation when she visited the arena<\/a> to root for the New York Knicks in Game 4 of the N.B.A. finals, sitting courtside with her friends, the musicians Alana and Este Haim.<\/p>\n A Madison Square Garden wedding, reception or concert could rise to the level of an \u201celectrified Met Gala,\u201d said Todd Shapiro, a Manhattan publicist. Fans could surround the arena like they did during the Knicks games, he said, and New Yorkers should expect heavy traffic and additional police presence.<\/p>\n There are no public events scheduled between June 29 and July 6 \u2014 a notable gap in the calendar<\/a> during the height of touring season that has fanned the flames around the wedding speculation. (The rock group Bon Jovi will perform at the arena on July 7, and any wedding related decorations would need to be removed before then.)<\/p>\n For those well-versed in Ms. Swift\u2019s lore, other clues loom large: She has hosted extravagant Fourth of July parties<\/a>. And as her most loyal fans know, July 3 could echo an attachment to the No. 3. There was the surprise 3 a.m. edition<\/a> of her album Midnights, and a reference to \u201cyou squeeze my hand three times in the back of the taxi\u201d in her song \u201cNew Year\u2019s Day.\u201d <\/p>\n City officials say they are ready for the hoopla around the event and potential crowds. Still, a Swift-Kelce wedding event could present logistical challenges.<\/p>\n The city\u2019s police commissioner, Jessica Tisch, recently laid out the packed calendar of summer events that would require additional overtime funding for the police at a budget hearing.<\/p>\n Pointing to July 4 celebrations and the World Cup and the possibility of Ms. Swift\u2019s wedding, which she said she mentioned in jest<\/a>, Commissioner Tisch said, \u201cAny one of those on their own would be a big deal in New York City. All of them taken together are unprecedented and are going to place unusual, and I would say historic, demands on the New York City Police Department.\u201d<\/p>\n Mayor Zohran Mamdani said recently that the city was prepared to handle the confluence of events and was \u201cexcited to welcome the world here.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt feels like a city that is coming to life,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Mr. Mamdani, 34, is a millennial like Ms. Swift and Mr. Kelce, who are both 36. At a news conference earlier this month, Mr. Mamdani said he did not plan to attend their wedding.<\/p>\n \u201cI wish them a lovely wedding,\u201d Mr. Mamdani said, adding that he would listen to her song \u201cOnly the Young,\u201d a lesser known track about young people finding their voices, \u201cat home on my own.\u201d<\/p>\n
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