Taylor Swift Locks Down 100-Guest MSG Rehearsal Dinner With Snipers and Privacy Tarps
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Updated · Hollywood Reporter · Jul 3
Taylor Swift Locks Down 100-Guest MSG Rehearsal Dinner With Snipers and Privacy Tarps
3 articles · Updated · Hollywood Reporter · Jul 3
Summary
About 100 guests were expected at Taylor Swift’s rehearsal dinner at Madison Square Garden on Thursday, with white and red privacy tarps extended to venue entrances to block all public view.
NYPD deployed heavy security around the site — packs of officers, rooftop snipers and surveillance helicopters — after Swift sought maximum privacy and to prevent bodycam or phone footage from leaking online.
Inside the lockdown, even Madison Square Garden’s usual security appeared to be replaced by Swift’s own firm, while attendees were required to surrender their phones before entering.
Fans and TV crews were pushed back across 31st Street as black cars began arriving, offering a preview of even bigger logistical strain ahead of Friday’s larger wedding event, reportedly with roughly 10 times as many guests.