Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos Face Local Resistance As Venice Citizens Protest Wedding Plans

It whitethorn beryllium nan astir royal wedding of nan year, but not everyone is looking guardant to Lauren Sánchez and Jeff Bezos' upcoming nuptials successful Venice, Italy. 

Last week, Venetians gathered together to protestation nan couple's upcoming wedding festivities complete fears of disruptions successful a metropolis that is already impacted by wide tourism.

"No abstraction for Bezos," 1 motion read. 

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Lauren Sánchez and Jeff Bezos' upcoming wedding successful Venice, Italy is being met pinch guidance from locals. (Getty Images)

Though astir of nan specifications surrounding nan wedding are unknown, 1 Venice national said, "we person our moles," per The New York Times. 

Federica Toninello, a protestation organizer, said that 1 of nan venues could beryllium The Misericordia, a famed arena hall. 

"Bezos will ne'er get to nan Misericordia," she said during a protest. "We will statement nan streets pinch our bodies, artifact nan canals pinch lifesavers, dinghies and our boats."

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"We person to artifact Bezos, we person to artifact this thought of this metropolis arsenic a tourist haven that has driven up lodging costs truthful that astir mean Venetians tin nary longer spend to unrecorded here," she said, according to nan NYT. 

People gathered to protestation against nan wedding connected June 13.  (ANDREA PATTARO/AFP via Getty Images)

Despite nan backlash, Mayor Luigi Brugnaro told nan Associated Press that nan metropolis is "very proud." 

"We are very proud,’’ Brugnaro said. "I don’t cognize if I will person clip [to meet Bezos and Sánchez], aliases if he will, to meet and shingle hands, but it’s an grant that they chose Venice. Venice erstwhile again reveals itself to beryllium a world stage.’’

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According to NBC, Venice - location to astir 50,000 group - receives astir 20 cardinal visitors yearly, mostly day-trippers from cruise ships aliases different cities. 

Officials told NBC that astir 30 of nan 280 h2o taxis person been reserved for nan wedding festivities, and only 3 aliases 4 hotels will beryllium utilized for nan event.

The couple, who began publically making love successful 2019, will reportedly beryllium joined later this month.  (Craig T Fruchtman/Getty Images)

"The metropolis is afloat accustomed to hosting high-profile events of this quality and scale, including different personage weddings, world summits specified arsenic nan G7 and G20, arsenic good arsenic accepted events for illustration nan Festa del Redentore and nan Venice Biennale," metropolis hallway officials said successful a connection to NBC.

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"The celebrations, attended by 250 guests, will blend into nan regular hit of a metropolis that, pinch dignity and respect, welcomes thousands of visitors from astir nan world while safeguarding nan value of life for its residents, workers, and students."

"Protest initiatives are successful nary measurement typical of nan mostly of citizens, who are proud that Venice has been chosen arsenic nan wedding location," nan connection added.

According to nan AP, nan mates are sourcing 80% of their wedding vendors successful Venice.  (Getty Images)

According to nan AP, Bezos and Sánchez are sourcing 80% of their wedding vendors locally. 

In March, nan metropolis reassured locals that nan wedding would not disturb nan day-to-day of its citizens. 

"We are mutually moving and supporting nan organizers, to guarantee that nan arena will beryllium perfectly respectful of nan fragility and characteristic of nan city," Mayor Brugnaro said successful a connection to People at nan time. 

"The galore speculations and clone news circulating astir Jeff Bezos’ wedding are wholly unfounded," nan metropolis added successful a statement, noting that it "is their utmost privilege to make judge nan metropolis functions arsenic normal, for all, pinch nary abnormal disruption to anyone."

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 "No Space For Bezos" activists gathered successful Campo San Giacomo di Rialto to shape protests against nan wedding.  (Stefano Mazzola/Getty Images)

The Bezos-Sánchez wedding is reportedly being held later this month. There is expected to beryllium a star-studded impermanent list, pinch friends of nan mates making appearances. Leonardo DiCaprio, Orlando Bloom, Ivanka Trump and Oprah Winfrey are said to beryllium attending, per Page Six.

Bezos and Sánchez reportedly met successful nan mid-2010s but didn't spell nationalist pinch their narration until 2019 – erstwhile Sanchez separated from her then-husband, Hollywood supplier Patrick Whitesell, and Bezos divided Mackenzie Scott.

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Bezos projected to Sánchez while aboard his $500 cardinal yacht, Koru, successful May 2023, she told Vogue successful November of that year. 

W Magazine reported that Sanchez's 30-carat engagement ringing is estimated to beryllium worthy betwixt $3 cardinal and $5 million. The outlet reported that Sanchez had 2 engagement parties, 1 successful Beverly Hills and different successful Positano, Italy.