‘No space for Bezos’: Venice locals protest billionaire’s wedding plans – National

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his fiancée Lauren Sanchez prepare to have their starry wedding VeniceItaly, at the end of June, but many inhabitants claim that there is “no space for Bezos” in the city.

Last week, Venice activists gathered to organize demonstrations on June 26, 27 and 28 – the dates of the next wedding festivities – on the risk of disturbances in a city already invaded by mass tourism.

Large banners, graffiti and stickers were displayed throughout the city that read “no space for Bezos” with an image of a spacecraft, apparently reference to the property of Bezos de Blue Origin.

Many details surrounding the wedding to come have remained secret, but a resident of Venice said to the New York Times that “we have our moles”.

Federica Toninello, a protest organizer, told the newspaper that one of the places could be Misericordia, a large space dedicated to culture and events in Venice.

“Bezos will never reach the MisritoDia,” she said. “We are going to line the streets with our body, block the canals with rescuers, canoes and our boats.”

“We have to block Bezos, we have to block this idea of ​​this city as a tourist paradise that has increased housing costs so that most ordinary Venetians can no longer afford to live here,” she told New York Times.

“Make sure Venice does not remember a postcard place where Bezos had his marriage, but as the city that was not leaned over to the oligarchs,” another demonstrator told Na Haby Stella, another demonstrator, in The Outlet. “We are fortunate to disrupt a wedding of $ 10 million – let’s do it.”

According to at NBCThe officials said that around 30 of the city’s 280 water taxis have been reserved for marriage and that only three or four hotels will be used to accommodate those participating in the event, which should start on June 24.

The city also said that around 200 guests would be invited to wedding, noting that the number of participants is easy to welcome.

“The city is fully used to organizing high -level events of this nature and this scale, including other celebrity marriages, international summits such as the G7 and the G20, as well as traditional events such as the Festa del Redentore and the Biennale de Venise,” said the press release.

“Protest initiatives are in no way representative of the majority of citizens, who are proud that Venice was chosen as a place of marriage,” added the press release.

Despite the counterpoup, mayor Luigi Brugnaro said Venice was “very proud” to welcome marriage.

“We are very proud”, Brugnaro told the Associated Presssaying he hoped he would have the chance to meet Bezos. “I don’t know if I will have time, or if he will do it, to meet me and shake hands, but it is an honor that they chose Venice. Venice reveals itself again as a world scene. ”

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In March, Bruggaro Said people that the city denied media reports that the wedding organizers have reserved large quantities of hotel rooms, gondolas and water taxis for wedding transport.

“We work each other and support the organizers, to ensure that the event will be absolutely respectful of the fragility and uniqueness of the city,” he told The Outlet.

“The many speculations and false news that circulates on the marriage of Jeff Bezos are completely unfounded,” added the city in a press release, saying that “is their higher priority to ensure that the city works as normal, for all, without abnormal disturbance for anyone.”

Bezos and Sanchez invited friends of celebrities such as their colleague Spatial traveler Katy Perry, Oprah Winfrey, Mick Jagger and Ivanka Trump for their Venice Wedding, but the couple hopes to highlight the traditions of Venice during the celebrations.

They obtain approximately 80% of their wedding provisions with Venetian sellers, according to the Associated Press, to share their appreciation for the romantic city of Lagon. The wedding will take place over three days at the end of June, with events for the 200 guest guests kept private.

Two historic Venetian companies will add artisanal touches to the celebration: Rosa Salva, the oldest manufacturer of city pastries in the city which has been preparing fish -shaped fishing cookies since 1876, and Laguna B, a design studio known for its hand glass The Murano goalkeeper with a distinctive hand taken by fashion and design customers.

Antonio Rosa Salva, the sixth generation of his family to manage the company, said that the wedding order of a selection of surprises for the Goody bags was an important recognition of the long tradition of his family of cooking from Venetian specialties dating from almost 150 years.

Rosa Salva, whose business regularly ensures major events for 1,000 or more people in Venice, is perplexed by posters that have traveled the Protestant historic center against the use of the city as a place for the wedding of Bezos-Sanchez.

“Events like this bring quality tourism to Venice,” he said. “I do not see how an event with 200 people can create disturbances. It is responsible tourism. It is prestigious that a couple like this one, who can go anywhere in the world, get married in the city. ”

Laguna B was founded by Marie Brandolini, who became known as Glass Countess in 1994, and the company is now guided by her son, Marcantonio Brandolini, from the family palezzo overlooking the big canal.

“I hope they like what we have done for them,” said Brandolini. “For us, this is an excellent opportunity, it provides additional support to our growth.”

“The world is for everyone. The one who wants to do something should be able to do so, following the law,” he added the choice of marriage of Bezos and Sanchez.

– With files from the Associated Press

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