How many millions spent at the Venice ceremony

Around 200 International Elite Figures They arrived in yachts and private planes to the Italian city To participate in the event. Ivanka Trump and the former fieldmaker Tom Brady They were also part of the list.

While the ceremony was initially going to be held in the Scuola Grande della Mercyin the neighborhood of Cannaregiothe organizers decided to transfer it to San Giorgio Maggiore for logistics and security reasons.

The chosen place remains completely closed to the public with control operations Terrestrial, river and airAnti-Drone Devices and Permanent Surveillance. The island, with a privileged view of the Venetian center, offered the ideal isolation for an event of such magnitude.

After Symbolic “Yes”since the couple married legally in USAattendees witnessed a fireworks show on the lagoon and a singer’s show Matteo Bocellison of tenor Andrea Bokelli.

Three days of celebrations, world -size shows and protests

The party was not limited to Friday. This Saturday, as a closing of three days of celebrations, presentations of Lady Gaga and Elton John. The event maintained a high level of secrecy due to the criticisms it unleashed in the city. While some groups rejected any celebration of this type, others stressed that San Giorgionot having permanent residents, avoided interference with Venetian daily life.

Since Thursday, groups of protesters demonstrated against the wedding. Some dressed as boyfriends with Venetian masks, carried critical banners and installed paper figures that caricatured the entrepreneur.

The collective “No Space for Bezos” He projected phrases such as “no kings, not bezos, not oligarchs” and “FCK BZS” In the bell tower of San Marcosmore than 98 meters high, with a green laser. In parallel, the group Konn Artiss satirized the marriage by placing mannequins covered with tickets and boxes Amazon used as toilets in different parts of the city.

Millionaire economic impact for Italy and Venice

He Ministry of Tourism of Italy calculated that the celebration could generate a total economic impact of € 957.3 millionwhich represents almost the 68% of the annual tourist billing of Venice. According to this estimate, 93.6% of that figure, equivalent to € 895.7 million, It comes from the global media exposure of the event. Direct economic benefits, that is, guest and rental expenses, would represent € 28.4 millionjust the 3% of the total.

The Ministry considered the event as an opportunity to reposition the city, especially after the fall of 6.7% in overnight stays during the first months of 2025.

Figures surrounding the luxurious ceremony

• U $ 231 billion is the estimated fortune of Jeff Bezosaccording to real time data of Forbesplacing it as the fourth richest person in the worldbehind Elon Musk, Larry Ellison and Mark Zuckerberg.

• The couple stayed in the luxurious Love venicewhere one night in a room can cost until € 2,456 (U $ 2,850). The Grand Channel Suiteof 97 square metersand the Tiepolo Alcova Suiteof 103 square metersdecorated with works of the 16th and 18th century, were the main options to receive the bride and groom.

• 48,000 people currently live in the historic center of Venicedistributed in more than 100 islands United by pedestrian bridges.

• The arrival of 90 private planes to the airports of Treviso and Venice In direct relationship with the wedding.

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There were numerous protests against the wedding in Venice.

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Other details of Jeff Bezos’s marriage

This was the Second wedding Both for Bezos, from 61 yearsas for Lauren Sánchez, from 55. The founder of Amazon divorced into April 2019 of Mackenzie Bezos After 25 years marriage The television driver, meanwhile, separated in the same year from the talent agent Patrick Whitsellwith whom she was married 14 years.

The divorce with Mackenzie Bezos He was one of the most expensive in history. The writer received the 25% of the participation of Bezos in Amazon, so that his heritage reached the U $30,000 millionplacing it between the 100 richest people on the planet.

The governor of Véneto, Luca Zaiahe considered that the wedding cost near U $50 million and generated income and visibility for the city of Venice superior to those of Five Super Bowl editions. In his words, the event represented an unprecedented media investment that “bring visibility and promotion.”

In short, the union of Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez He combined power, luxury and scandal in a city that, despite criticism, knew how to capitalize on an unprecedented event in tourist and economic terms.