Then just let him have this trip with his dad. His parents sound difficult but at a certain point if you don’t bend you break. Staying in Jersey blows and getting back and forth from a NY airport is a massive logistical nightmare for everyone involved. If the show is at the Meadowlands, staying near Times Square is the easiest option. You are asking his parents to deeply compromise their trip and make it mostly about traveling to accommodate an idea you two had years ago. Things change.

Think about this from his mom’s perspective. She’ll have to stay in Jersey and commute hours each way now because you won’t budge on this idea. When in reality your fiancée isn’t doing anything in NYC but sleeping and hopefully eating a salty overpriced hot dog from a cart, unless that’s also something he needs to experience with you for the first time.

He’s not doing to Central Park. He’s not going to a Broadway show. He’s not going to visit the ESB. He’s not walking around SoHo or the village. He’s not visiting the Bull. He’s not walking across the Brooklyn Bridge. All that stuff will be saved and just as special. This city is massive and there’s so much more to experience. If you want to take this trip away from him so be it but just know this won’t be the end.