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It’s official (type of)!

After months of rumors and hypothesis, it now appears nearly sure that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce will trade vows at New York Metropolis’s iconic Madison Sq. Backyard.

Sure, the permits have been filed, and the streets will likely be blocked off as MSG prepares to host the marriage of the 12 months on Fourth of July weekend.

The information has been met with giddy pleasure from Swifties.

In fact, Taylor may announce that her subsequent album will likely be a cover-to-cover studying of a 1991 cellphone ebook from Des Moines, Iowa and Swifties would react with giddy pleasure.

The response from the remainder of the world may finest be described as one in every of utter bafflement.

In spite of everything, Madison Sq. Backyard shouldn’t be sometimes a marriage venue, and getting married in Midtown Manhattan on one of many largest tourism weekends of the 12 months feels like a logistical nightmare.

Many have expressed that it’s troublesome for them to even think about a marriage in Madison Sq. Backyard.

Permits seen by the New York Occasions point out that Taylor and Travis predict between 500 and 599 company.

So who will fill these rows and rows of empty stands? Cardboard cutout seat fillers, a la reside sporting occasions throughout the Covid period?

The state of affairs has sparked some fascinating conversations, together with one which’s presently happening within the feedback part of a Celebitchy article concerning the marriage ceremony:

“Is she filming this or one thing? Both method, this sounds cheesy as hell. I’ll be looking for which well-known individuals did not present up for this spectacle,” one reader wrote.

“I simply don’t get it. I figured she’d collect her company and fly them to some distant fancy resort she purchased out in its entirety for the weekend. Very to see how this seems. As a result of all of it appears so odd,” one other chimed.

Others are studying deeply into the selection of venue and concluding that the entire state of affairs speaks volumes about Taylor’s character:

“She is an individual that can shut down streets over a vacation weekend in midtown for her marriage ceremony. Take into consideration that,” wrote one commenter, who went on to check Taylor’s nuptials to Dua Lipa’s latest marriage ceremony:

“She noticed Dua shut down a city sq. in Italy (and gave residents 1000 Euro every) and stated maintain my beer.”

This confirms how I’ve all the time felt and my suspicions about this relationship. She’s all the time making an attempt to show that her love for this man is real and huge,” one other commented, including:

“But it surely all the time feels empty and superficial. Nobody can persuade me that this marriage will final greater than two years. This entire factor is simply excessive and cheesy. Who is that this spectacle actually for?”

It’s attainable that Travis and Taylor’s ceremony will happen elsewhere, and MSG will merely host the reception. Or vice versa!

Perhaps Taylor has some big-name acts lined as much as present the music, and she or he’s a fan of the venue’s acoustics. Perhaps she simply actually loved watching the Knicks come again in opposition to the Spurs within the NBA Finals, and she or he was impressed to get married on the courtroom!

Regardless of the case, all eyes will likely be on Midtown subsequent weekend!