Overview
- Sales of bottled and canned alcoholic drinks will be banned after midnight from June 5 to 9 and street music must stop by 24:00 except at approved concerts or DJ sets.
- Beach areas will close each evening at 20:00, shops must shut by 1:00 and bars by 2:00 throughout the festivities.
- The town expects roughly 80,000 visitors compared with its 7,000 residents, raising concerns over repeat incidents of fights, vandalism and hospitalizations from past excesses.
- Italian military personnel are deployed on site for the first time alongside local police, South Tyrol and Carinthia officers and canine units to enforce the new rules.
- A sold-out Cesare Cremonini concert for 20,000 fans heightens logistical demands as 67.6% of local businesses back the tougher measures to protect Lignano's reputation.