Taylor Swift paid $206,000 for New York wedding permit: Mayor
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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce held their blockbuster wedding at Madison Square Garden in New York on July 3.
PHOTO: REUTERS
NEW YORK – Taylor Swift paid US$160,000 (S$206,000) for a New York City permit to hold her blockbuster wedding with NFL star Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden earlier in July, Mayor Zohran Mamdani said on July 10.
Mamdani told reporters that the billionaire pop singer covered the bill for the star-studded extravaganza last week, when asked if Swift would pay back the city for police overtime related to the ceremony.
“Taylor Swift has paid already the cost of the permit that was lodged, which was over US$160,000 for that event and for the response to that event,” Mamdani said.
Swift’s wedding, which took place over two days in Manhattan, drew hundreds of celebrities and involved a large deployment of police officers, who shut down streets surrounding the huge indoor arena.
The total cost of the event is unknown, but Forbes magazine estimated that it exceeded US$20 million. The couple, both 36, also donated US$26 million to several charities before tying the knot. AFP
