Venice says it will host Bezos wedding and denies reports of possible disruptions for the city

ROME (AP) — The metropolis of Venice confirmed Saturday it volition big the wedding of multi-billionaire Jeff Bezos and fiancée Lauren Sanchez, denying reports the celebrated Italian metropolis would beryllium invaded by hundreds of celebrities and imaginable disruptions for citizens and tourists.

The metropolis successful a abbreviated connection didn't springiness a day for the wedding. Italian media person reported it volition beryllium betwixt June 24-26, with a fewer days of celebrations.

“The galore speculations and fake quality circulating astir Jeff Bezos’ wedding are wholly unfounded,” the connection said.

Bezos is the proprietor of The Washington Post and laminitis and largest idiosyncratic shareholder of Amazon. Among others, George and Amal Clooney celebrated their wedding successful Venice successful 2014.

The metropolis said lone 200 guests would beryllium invited, a fig easy accommodated without immoderate disruption to the city, its residents and visitors. It noted that it has wide acquisition handling planetary events “much larger than this.”

“Venice is utilized to being the signifier for events and shows each week, without important impacts,” the metropolis said, citing G20 and G7 summits, the Architecture and Cinema Biennales, arsenic good arsenic backstage events and VIP weddings.

Several reports successful some Italian and planetary media suggested that Bezos’ wedding organizers had already booked rooms astatine Venice’s main luxury hotels and reserved for a fewer days successful precocious June ample numbers of gondolas and h2o taxis — which are chiefly utilized by locals and tourists for regular transportation.

The metropolis denied those reports, saying it “is their utmost precedence to marque definite the metropolis functions arsenic normal, for all, with nary abnormal disruption to anyone.”

“We are mutually moving and supporting the organizers, to guarantee that the lawsuit volition beryllium perfectly respectful of the fragility and uniqueness of the city,” Mayor Luigi Brugnaro said.