Overview

• The ceremony is set for June 24–26 with about 250 guests, including Lady Gaga, Leonardo DiCaprio and Oprah Winfrey.
• Organizers have reserved around 30 of Venice’s 280 water taxis for guest transfers and no major traffic restrictions are expected.
• Officials are considering venues such as the Fondazione Cini on San Giorgio Island or Jeff Bezos’s mega yacht Koru for the celebrations.
• Activists from the No Space for Bezos group hung a banner on San Giorgio’s campanile and will hold a public assembly at the Rialto Market tomorrow.
• Mayor Luigi Brugnaro and Tourism Councillor Simone Venturini have condemned the protests and argued the event will boost the local economy.