{"id":285488,"date":"2026-07-03T01:06:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T01:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/285488\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T01:06:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T01:06:23","slug":"donna-kelce-arrives-in-nyc-ahead-of-travis-wedding-to-taylor-swift-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/285488\/","title":{"rendered":"Donna Kelce arrives in NYC ahead of Travis\u2019 wedding to Taylor Swift"},"content":{"rendered":"

Donna Kelce has officially touched down in New York City for her son Travis Kelce\u2019s wedding to Taylor Swift.<\/p>\n

The NFL mom landed on Thursday morning and was spotted walking through a New York City area airport.<\/p>\n

According to TMZ<\/a>, an insider claimed\u00a0that one of Swift\u2019s drivers picked up the mother of the groom and took her straight to Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n

\"Donna<\/p>\n

Donna Kelce (seen here walking through a New York City airport) has landed in New York City for her son Travis Kelce\u2019s wedding to Taylor Swift. BACKGRID<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The mother of the groom landed on Thursday morning. BACKGRID<\/p>\n

\"A<\/p>\n

A source claimed Donna was picked up by one of Swift\u2019s drivers and was taken directly to Madison Square Garden. BACKGRID<\/p>\n

As Page Six previously reported, the couple is planning to host their rehearsal dinner<\/a> at the arena on Thursday night. The intimate gathering is expected to have about 100 people in attendance.<\/p>\n

According to the couple\u2019s official wedding schedule, the dinner will take place at the arena\u2019s Infosys Theater from 6:00 to 10:30 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n

The couple will host\u00a0more than 1,000 guests<\/a>\u00a0at Friday\u2019s\u00a0Madison Square Garden wedding<\/a>. Though, Page Six exclusively reported on Thursday<\/a> that Swift and Kelce are already married. Friday\u2019s event will just be a bigger celebration.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The couple is expected to host their rehearsal dinner on Thursday night at the arena\u2019s Infosys Theater. BACKGRID<\/p>\n

\"On<\/p>\n

On Friday, Swift and Travis (pictured here at May New York Knicks Game) are expected to tie the knot in front of 1,000 guests at MSG. Getty Images<\/p>\n

On the wedding day, doors open for guests at 3:30 p.m., with cocktail hour beginning at 4 p.m. on the sixth-floor concourse. The ceremony will then start at 5:30 p.m. on the arena floor.<\/p>\n

After the ceremony concludes, guests are expected to head to the reception at 6:30 p.m. and it\u2019s expected to end at 2:00 a.m.<\/p>\n

Donna joins the list of celebrities making their way to the Big Apple<\/a> ahead of the celebrations.<\/p>\n

\"Doors<\/p>\n

Doors at the venue are expected to open for guests at 3:30 p.m. It will be followed by a cocktail hour beginning at 4 p.m. on the sixth-floor concourse. (Seen above is Swift and Travis posing backstage at a Broadway show). Bruce Glikas\/WireImage<\/p>\n

\"The<\/p>\n

The ceremony will then start at 5:30 p.m. (Pictured here is Swift and Travis at Zero Bond in NoHo). GCImages<\/p>\n

Sabrina Carpenter, Dua Lipa, Camila Cabello and Anya Taylor Joy are among the stars who have been photographed making their way around the city.<\/p>\n

Also expected to make an appearance <\/a>on the couple\u2019s big day are Selena Gomez, Karlie Kloss, Zo\u00eb Kravitz, Ed Sheeran, the Haim sisters, Suki Waterhouse, Gigi Hadid and more.<\/p>\n

Page Six previously reported that Stevie Nicks and Tim McGraw\u00a0will perform<\/a>\u00a0at the star-studded nuptials and that Swift will\u00a0have multiple outfit changes<\/a>\u00a0during the wedding.<\/p>\n

\"After<\/p>\n

After they exchange vows, the wedding reception will start at 6:30 p.m. Guests can expect to be treated to performances from Tim McGraw and Stevie Nicks. (Pictured here is Travis and Swift at the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards). Billboard via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\"Swift<\/p>\n

Swift (pictured above with Travis in New York City) is expected to make several outfit changes throughout the day. GC Images<\/p>\n

Ahead of the wedding ceremony, workers at MSG have been making preparations and taking in various deliveries. <\/a><\/p>\n

The latest on Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce\u2019s Wedding<\/p>\n

According to photos, some boxes were brought in labeled \u201cGarden Party.\u201d Among the planned decorations, some employees were seen rolling out a red carpet at the arena \u2014 shortly before they promptly removed it.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also been reported that the couple is building a castle inside the venue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Donna Kelce has officially touched down in New York City for her son Travis Kelce\u2019s wedding to Taylor…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285489,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[15840,222,9,24,1104,56,63,65,64,1473,5372,13126,15839],"class_list":["post-285488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-donna-kelce","tag-madison-square-garden","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-taylor-swift","tag-thursday-morning","tag-travis","tag-travis-kelce"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}