Global pop star Taylor Swift paid more than $160,000 (about 240 million won) to cover police overtime pay as part of obtaining New York City permits for her wedding to Travis Kelce at Madison Square Garden in New York.
According to U.S. outlets including Variety on the 10th (local time), Zohran Mamdani confirmed at a news conference that Taylor Swift fully covered the costs of increasing police personnel needed for the wedding event.
When asked whether Swift would reimburse the city for police overtime pay, Mayor Mamdani said, "Taylor Swift already paid the submitted permit fees," adding, "It was an amount exceeding $160,000 for the event and the response to the event. As I recall, the permit was finalized a few days before the event."
For large private events, when city services such as road closures for use of public spaces or increases in police personnel are required, it is standard procedure to charge the event organizer permit fees that include expenditures beyond normal operational scope.
Meanwhile, Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were married on the 3rd (local time) at Madison Square Garden (MSG), an iconic site in New York City. Actor Adam Sandler officiated, and singer Paul McCartney performed a congratulatory song.
The total expense is estimated to be in the tens of millions of dollars, and more than 1,000 guests were reported to have attended the wedding, with large-scale road closures and police deployment around the venue for three days.
Inside the wedding venue, mobile phone use and photography were completely banned, and invited guests had to sign nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) to attend.
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