Details on Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s Madison Square Garden Wedding and Who Got Married There Before the Couple

Reports that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are getting married on July 3 at Madison Square Garden have only amped up in recent weeks.

While some believe that the date and venue were leaked in order to distract from the real date and place where the pair will say “I do,” there have been several clues that MSG over the July Fourth weekend is actually when and where the big wedding will happen.

In addition to an event company’s request that the streets around Madison Square Garden be closed between July 2 and July 4 for a July 3 event, there have been trucks seen arriving at the venue and unloading equipment. TMZ reported that crews were seen unloading large boxes and items labeled “Garden Party 1 (Scenic)” and “GP.” Sources say that there is also a gigantic castle being built inside MSG, and layers of drapes are going up all around the arena.

According to the outlet’s sources, “The event crew got to work Monday, and nearly all of the effort so far has gone into draping the entire arena. We’re told workers have been tirelessly hanging fabric from the ceiling and even wrapping the perimeter of the arena floor as they build out Taylor and Travis Kelce’s vision.

“The makeover is so extensive, sources say it’s become clear Taylor didn’t simply rent MSG — she rented a giant, windowless space she could completely reinvent. In fact, we’re told guests will walk inside and quickly forget they’re even in the world-famous arena.”

If you think it’s an unusual choice to have their wedding at Madison Square Garden, the singer and NFL player wouldn’t be the first people to get married there.

Musician Sly Stone and actress Kathy Silva got hitched at the famous Manhattan arena in 1974 before the Sly and the Family Stone concert got underway.

In his memoir, Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin), Stone wrote, “I could do a gig, get paid, and get married at the same time. We set the date for June 5, a Wednesday. We’d have a ceremony just before the concert, right there on the stage. Then a concert, then a party afterward at the rooftop lounge of the Waldorf Astoria.”

MSG was also the site of The Unification Church’s mass wedding in 1982, in which more than 2,000 couples said their vows. As The New York Times reported, “The floor of the arena, carpeted in white for the occasion, was a sea of bridegrooms dressed identically in blue suits and brides in identical lace and satin gowns made by the church … 6,000 guests attended the mass ceremony, including parents, friends, and invited guests who had passed through metal detectors before entering.”

Swift and Kelce’s big day is thought to cost in the neighborhood of $10 million.

Speaking on behalf of Vettory, financial expert Professor Rob Wilson told Showbiz Cheat Sheet, “I think a realistic estimate is $10 million, being in New York and Madison Square Garden in particular sets it up for commercial success and sponsors in the heart of the city. Security alone will run into half a million to $750,000; adding in the venue, fashion, transportation, and accommodation, the bill rises very quickly.”