The couple have made no public statements about their plans and Reuters has not been able to confirm the timing or location of the wedding, which is expected as soon as this week.
“We're getting little bits of information that again, could be decoys for all we know,” said Elana Fishman, style and shopping director for the New York Post’s Page Six. “But it really is, I mean, it is Pentagon-level impressive, the security and secrecy around this event.”
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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce attend the iHeartRadio Music Awards on March 26 in Los Angeles.
Even before Swift and Kelce announced their engagement on Instagram, under the caption “Your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married,” fans were ruminating about the most appropriate venue for the pop-culture equivalent of a royal wedding.
Celebrity site TMZ reported that the invitations arrived — watermarked to prevent leaks — with the time and location kept deliberately vague. The New York Post's Page Six reported that a wedding planner known for organizing lavish affairs won the gig, at least in part, because of his discretion.
Spokespeople for the couple did not respond to requests for comment. TMZ didn't respond to a request for comment.
A truck unloads Wednesday at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Internet sleuths on the case
The couple’s vacation to Lake Como, Italy, in May 2024, sparked speculation the couple was inspecting potential wedding venues, such as the Villa d’Este. The wedding platform Wedding Chicks shared an Instagram post suggesting that the wedding would be held at Swift’s oceanfront mansion in Rhode Island, where she hosts star-studded July 4th parties.
Five New York Times reporters shared a byline on a story reporting that Madison Square Garden would host a multi-day event, beginning with an intimate gathering Thursday, followed by a splashier affair the next day with about 1,000 guests.
The Times declined to discuss its coverage plans for the celebration.
Internet sleuths scoured schedules for potential guests. They found actress Mariska Hargitay, recently spotted with Swift at a New York Knicks game, canceled this Friday's performances of her Broadway play "Every Brilliant Thing," and country singer Kenny Chesney called off his Friday and Saturday concerts in Las Vegas.
Billboard’s co-editor-in-chief, Jason Lipshutz, remains skeptical, saying it could all be an elaborate ruse.
“She likes up-ending expectations, and this certainly plays into that,” said Lipshutz.
Foliage is unloaded Wednesday at Madison Square Garden as trucks are used to attempt to block media from seeing in New York.
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Variety’s executive music editor, Jem Aswad, said the trade publication typically devoted to the business of Hollywood plans to cover the wedding, adding, “We don’t usually do things like that.”
Reader interest in all things Swift-related warrants extraordinary coverage, he said.
“I can say from first-hand experience, nothing gets clicks like Taylor,” said Aswad. “Absolutely nothing.”
Rolling Stone prepared a number of articles in anticipation of the big day, including a history of the biggest celebrity weddings and a list of Swift’s greatest love songs, said Shirley Halperin, co-editor-in-chief.
Halperin also speculated that the custom blue T-shirt Swift wore during Game 4 of the NBA Finals, emblazoned with "Stevie Knicks" in orange letters, may hint at some role for the former Fleetwood Mac band member, Stevie Nicks, during the ceremony.
