Security expert outlines strict rule Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding guests may have to follow
We’re just days away from what’s rumoured to be the celebrity bash of the century - Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding.
Ever since the Kansas City Chiefs star, 36, popped the all-important question to his pop singer girlfriend, 36, last summer, fans have been dying to know all of the details of their big day.
Now, while the celebrity couple has remained pretty tight-lipped and nothing official has been confirmed, the rumours have certainly been swirling.
Reports have widely circulated that Tay and Trav will be saying ‘I do’ in none other than New York City’s iconic Madison Square Garden, which can hold up to twenty thousand people.
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Another reported contender in the mix is Rhode Island, where the singer’s $17.75 million beachfront Watch Hill home sits, with the date rumoured to be over the 4 July weekend.
Ahead of what pop culture fans are calling their ‘royal wedding,’ Tyla has spoken with high-profile security expert Will Geddes about what kind of measures he predicts would be in place for such an event.
Geddes, who has over 30 years of experience in the Specialist Security sector, has explained that, as reports suggest, it’s likely the wedding will be ultra-private and phone-free, with strict rules in place for attendees.
The security expert says: “It's believed that an NDA has already gone out to some of the guests to say that you can't bring your phone, and you've got to sign a non-disclosure agreement, because obviously pictures of Taylor and Kelce getting married are going to leverage a huge sort of a prize.
“The bounty of getting a photograph or getting audio is gonna be huge.”
He adds that another issue security will be well aware of and prepped for is the use of any kind of ‘eavesdropping devices’.
Geddes explains: “So what we call the technical surveillance countermeasures, that's going to be sweeping for any bugs, any hidden cameras, anything like that.”
The security pro estimates that for a bash of this size, the figure spent on putting the right measures in place could be close to seven figures.
He speculates that this could include airport-style security at the venue, as well as bodyguards at every entry and exit point.
Geddes urges: “The first thing that you do is you obviously make sure that every access point that's available - from conventional access points through to far exits and ways that people can egress - are secured.
“You want to make sure that all the venue security have been vetted, checked, to ensure that they are going to comply, obviously, with the security requirements that if I were her head of security, I would be insisting on.”
This would be followed by a thorough search of the venue right up until ‘the very last minute’ as well as ‘invisible to the eye seals’ that will show if any entrance points have been tampered with or access points have been compromised.
Geddes insists: “Over and beyond that, you keep that entire location, lockdown, lockdown, lockdown, until the very moment the guests, or, you know, the bride and groom, are going to be arriving.
“There will obviously be a search point at every access point, through which people are coming in. So you'll probably be X-raying them, you'll be X-raying their bags.
“And then there will be a chance that they will have what we call a phone check-in. So, you know, you can't expect people not to arrive at the venue with their phones, but whilst they're in there, they will be denied access to those.”
The expert outlines that the most likely scenario is a ‘locker’ system where everyone has a ticket, and their phone goes into a box.
Geddes urges that, usually, at events like this that he's worked at before, ‘everybody has to check their phones in. So even if it's the mother of the bride, she would be requested to do so’.
As for the potential venue location being an indoor stadium, this means that security can be even tighter, and paps attempting to get a drone shot simply won't be able to do so.
Tyla has contacted representatives for Taylor and Travis for comment.
Topics: Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, Celebrity, Entertainment, Tyla Exclusive
Madison Burgess