Mickey Blank, a celebrity photographer who has been working in New York for over 10 years, told BBC Newsbeat that Madison Square Garden is currently surrounded by members of the press but there’s not actually much to see.
Despite rumours of a red-carpet reception for the expected A-list guests, Blank said she’s not expecting a parade of big-name arrivals.
“It’s like Pentagon-level secrecy,” she said.
“You cannot go in, you cannot see anything.”
“They have an underground parking lot. All the high-profile guests are expected to arrive underground.”
The same applies to seeing Swift herself.
“Your chances of seeing Taylor Swift are, like, lower than zero,” she said.
She added that one of the biggest challenges facing those preparing the venue will be the event that was just staged there.
Blank attended a darts championships at the arena earlier this week, filled with beer-drinking fans, many dressed in costume.
“The floor was so sticky, I could barely move,” she said.
“So I cannot imagine the preparation that goes into that from the darts championship.”
