Luxury wedding Between the founder of Amazon Jeff Bezos And Lauren Sanchez's partner was planned on June 26-28 in Venice, Italy. However, for many months, the protests against this event took place in the city, strengthened in recent days with the campaign without the space for Bezos. His aerospace investmentProviding the social and environmental impacts of the wedding, which will occupy the majority of the historic lagoon center, which has been under pressure from the high tourist line.
What we know about the event
The three -day celebration promises unprecedented pompous, located between historical buildings, luxurious yachts and international VIPs. Three major events were planned: The evening exclusively on June 26 at Lido of Venice, the exchange of the next day at Teatro Verde on the Island of San Giorgio Maggiore, and the big final on June 28 will take place at SCUOLA Granderia Sixteen -Sixth century.
The guest list for Bezos-sanchez wedding includes founder Microsoft Bill Gates, TV host Oprah Winfrey and actors including Leonardo Dicaprio, Barbra Streisand, Eva Longoria, Orlando Bloom and Robert Pattinson.
Exclusive separate parties are also planned at secret locations in smaller islands of lagoon, including Burano, Giudecca and Sacca Sessola. This is a certain event that will definitely leave its mark on Venice, including environmental impact and inconvenience that can have it can create for the city's transport infrastructure.
80 jets and more than 30 private water taxis
The guests will go to over 80 private jets and travel on more than 30 reserved water taxis, yachts and Gondolas.
According to some official sources, flights from New York, Los Angeles, London, Paris and Dubai planned. Not to mention luxurious yachts to Venice, with anchors planned between the maritime station, Punta Della Dogana, San Basilio and Riva Degli Schiavoni.
Among these are the majestic ships of Bezos, Koru, 417 feet super long -wide superman, which costs $ 500 million, along with its 246 feet support ships, equipped with a helicopter and specialized staff, although it has not confirmed that it will go into the whirlwind.
The only cruise docked on Tuesday was M'Brace of legendary basketball player Michael Jordan, who came to his wife. From 30 to 50 water taxis has been reserved full time for all three days of the event, every day will cost the bride and groom up to 400 euros per hour.
For or resist
The big celebrations have divided the public. According to some people, the huge costs for Bezos's wedding organization may have a positive impact on the territory, to sponsor the hotel, transportation, service and exclusive locations. The Washington Post, owned by Bezos, has declare That about 80 percent of products and services comes from local suppliers.
But for any price? On the other side of the currency includes a collective of activists and residents, people “There is no space for Bezos“The campaign from many months ago, denouncing the city's spectacular cost at the cost of the people. The protesters were developing a number of plans to block roads and waterways. Among the reasons for the protest is the environmental impact that the mass mobilization of many vehicles may have in the lagoon city, which has fought with overload caused by tourists.
However, Venice has reassured that the marriage between Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez will not cause “any interruption to the city, residents or tourists”. In fact, in recent years, Venice has successfully handled international events even more effectively than this event, such as G20 economy, G7 justice, bilateral and artistic meetings, architecture and cinema every two years. Organizers and cities then appointed, “did not place too much Gondolas or taxi, as if read in newspapers, because the concern was to ensure that the city was operating normally, for everyone, without any disturbance to anyone.”
This story initially appeared on Wired And was translated from Italian.