NEW YORK — Pop superstar Taylor Swift’s wedding to three-time Super Bowl winner Travis Kelce will be a days-long event involving street closures, hundreds of VIPs, a special police detail and taxpayer-funded security measures, according to a source with knowledge of the event.
The NYPD is preparing to lock down a city block outside Madison Square Garden in the heart of Manhattan.
The source detailed an event spanning multiple days of setup, festivities, and breakdown, with 1,000 guests expected to attend — all small crowd for the venue, and for the star players, but many of them are described as "high profile" and "VIP" by the police department.
Swift and Kelce have been secretive about the guest list itself, and police have been advised to expect large crowds and paparazzi outside, according to the source.
Guests have reportedly received individual watermarked invitations in an effort to discourage leaks, the wedding bash will feature performances from Stevie Nicks and Tim McGraw and be "bigger than the Met Gala."
The annual Metropolitan Museum of Art fundraiser generates tens of millions of dollars for the organization and also receives security assistance from the NYPD and New York City’s Sanitation Department.
In a photo obtained by Fox News Digital Monday, a large truck was seen backing into a loading bay at the MSG, where workers took out large items concealed by black plastic sheets.
The NYPD did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The venue falls within the NYPD's Patrol Borough Manhattan South, whose commanding officer was reassigned last week amid an internal affairs corruption probe.
Fox News' Janelle Ash contributed to this report.