US EditionBezos and Sanchez Relocate Venice Reception to Arsenale After Protests
- Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez are scheduled to marry in Venice this week with a multi-day celebration attended by about 200-250 guests.
- Local protests and concerns over overtourism and Bezos' political ties prompted organizers to move the wedding party from Cannaregio to the more secluded Arsenale venue.
- The Arsenale is a 14th-century water-surrounded complex inaccessible by land when nearby bridges are lifted, providing greater security against protests threatening canal blockades.
- Greenpeace activists and members of Everyone Hates Elon displayed a huge 20x20 meter banner in Venice’s Piazza San Marco demanding that if the city can be rented out for a wedding, then higher taxes should be paid. Protest leader Tommaso Cacciari remarked that Bezos is retreating, calling the protest a surprising triumph for a small, resource-limited group standing up to one of the world’s wealthiest individuals.
- The wedding is expected to cost 40-48 million euros and is generating economic activity despite protests, suggesting ongoing tensions between luxury events and Venice’s overtourism challenges.
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Pack things and get out! In Venice, guests fly out of a hotel, even though they had already booked in advance. The reason: the big Bezos wedding.
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Flin Flon ReminderBezos arrives in Venice as protesters say his star-studded wedding highlights growing inequality
VENICE, Italy (AP) — Multi-billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez arrived in Venice on Wednesday ahead of their star-studded weekend wedding, an event that has galvanized a wide assortment of activist groups protesting it .
Just before the wedding of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez in Venice, opponents are looking forward to a victory: the process of the gigantic event is said to have been changed and further protests are planned.
Jeff Bezos' luxury wedding in Venice has stirred up bad blood among locals. Now the party is being moved due to security concerns.
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