MANHATTAN, N.Y. (WFMZ-TV) \u2014 Welcome to New York! It\u2019s where congratulations are in order for beloved popstar Taylor Swift and her husband, Travis Kelce.<\/p>\n
Arguably the most famous pop singer in the world and Berks County native is marrying a likely football Hall of Famer.<\/p>\n
Years of breakup songs have suddenly turned into wedding bells as the couple transforms Madison Square Garden (MSG) to tie the knot.<\/p>\n
It is a massive day for “Swifties,” with some already billing the multi-day celebration as the “American royal wedding.” Could it be the ultimate ‘love story’ in New York City?<\/p>\n
“It’s amazing. I love Taylor Swift,” said Leah Moss, a Colorado native. “I was like, I don’t think she’ll actually do it, but it looks like it is actually happening.”<\/p>\n
While some say Swift could get married anywhere in the world, Moss, a lifelong self-proclaimed swiftie, said NYC just makes sense.<\/p>\n
“This is one of the main places she lives. She has always talked about how much she loves this city,” Moss added. “I’ve, like, watched her grow up, in a sense, through her music, and to, like, see her get her happy ending just makes me so happy for her.”<\/p>\n
If you’re ‘ready for it’, rumor has it that the stage is set for a weekend-long extravaganza. The celebration is completely taking over the area, closing several blocks in the heart of Midtown Manhattan.<\/p>\n
A reported event schedule listed that Swift and Kelce hosted a rehearsal dinner Thursday night. According to a city permit, the main event was set to start at 5:30 p.m. on Friday, with festivities locked in as an all-night party going until 4:00 a.m. Saturday.<\/p>\n
Record-breaking heat topped triple digits in the city, and a slew of barricades swarmed a majority of MSG. Extensive security and privacy measures were put into place, hinting to fans that their long-awaited dream wedding is finally true.<\/p>\n
“There are so many things about, ‘oh, it’s like a hoax’, something like that. Yeah, but I wasn’t actually expecting it to happen here,” said Gray O’Sullivan of Brooklyn, who stopped by with Manhattan resident Frankie Root to catch a glimpse of the fairytale. “Her being such a private person, being such a guarded area, I think it’s good.”<\/p>\n
“I’m just like, so happy that, like, he just, he’s treating her right, like, making her everything she deserves,” said Root.<\/p>\n
Some fans traveled entirely across the country in hopes of catching a fleeting glimpse of their idol. Sarah Hopkin flew in all the way from Oregon for the big day.<\/p>\n
“I couldn’t be more grateful to be here today. I flew in just for this. I have such hope for this couple. They’re real,” Hopkin said, adding that she is just “so happy to be around love.”<\/p>\n
Kristina Bercka, who came with her brother from New Jersey, echoes that sentiment, thrilled that the pop star has finally found her “happily ever after.”<\/p>\n
“She deserves it. And honestly, every heartache and horrible man has led her to Travis and her happily ever after,” said Bercka.<\/p>\n
As for marriage advice for the new couple? Fans say the foundation is already there.<\/p>\n
“I think, just about like open communication, like I think with Taylor and Travis, that’s definitely something that’s happening,” said O’Sullivan. “It’s just like really important for them, especially to just like take time for each other.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MANHATTAN, N.Y. (WFMZ-TV) \u2014 Welcome to New York! It\u2019s where congratulations are in order for beloved popstar Taylor…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":742307,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[61345,88,75221,61346,216,26525,61343],"class_list":["post-742306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-_homepage_top_stories","tag-entertainment","tag-lehigh-county","tag-lehighvalley","tag-music","tag-newyork","tag-reading-area"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=742306"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/742306\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/742307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=742306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=742306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=742306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}