Taylor Swift paid $160K in fees for NYC wedding, Zohran Mamdani says - USA Today
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce held a high-profile wedding at Madison Square Garden, which cost over $160,000 in city permit and police fees. The event drew significant public attention and featured numerous celebrity guests.
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The event highlights the intersection of celebrity culture, public infrastructure usage, and municipal cost recovery for large-scale private events.
Hear this story New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is sharing the hefty sum Taylor Swift paid the city for her Madison Square Garden wedding to Travis Kelce earlier this month.
The newlyweds, both 36, tied the knot in an extravagant ceremony at the iconic venue July 3, which took over the streets of Manhattan and required the New York Police to shut down the immediate vicinity . According to Mamdani, Swift shelled out six-figures to make that happen.
" Taylor Swift has paid already the cost of the permit that was lodged, which was over $160,000 for that event and for the response to that event," Mamdani revealed when asked how the Grammy-winner was compensating for police overtime.
"That was a permit that was finalized, I think, in just the days before the event itself," he added.
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