00:00Scores of celebrities descended on Venice this week to celebrate Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez's wedding.
00:07Here are some facts and figures about the star-studded event.
00:12The wedding is expected to cost around $47 to $56 million, according to the president of the Veneto regional government, Luca Zaya.
00:20Italy's tourism ministry said on Friday that the wedding's economic impact could be more than $1 billion,
00:26including about $650 million for media visibility, $33 million for hotel and location expenses,
00:34and about $20 million for transportation and other services.
00:38Bezos and Sanchez donated more than $3 million to three Venetian institutions,
00:44including over $1 million for Carilla, an academic consortium that studies Venice's lagoon ecosystem.
00:51Celebrations began on Thursday evening in the cloisters of Madonna dell'Orto.
00:56A medieval church that hosts masterpieces by 16th-century painter Tintoretto.
01:01On Friday, the couple were due to exchange rings on the small island of San Giorgio,
01:06accompanied by singing from Matteo Bocelli, son of the Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli.
01:13The main party is due on Saturday at the Historical Arsenale.
01:17Several media outlets are reporting there will be performances by Lady Gaga and Elton John.
01:22Five of the city's most luxurious hotels were booked out to host an expected 200 to 250 guests.
01:30Bezos and Sanchez took up residence at the Amman,
01:33where rooms with a view of the Grand Canal go for more than $4,500 a night.
01:39Among the A-list crowd was Oprah Winfrey, Kim Kardashian, Usher, and Leonardo DiCaprio.
01:52Bezos and Sanchez took up to her family.
01:54I've got a discussion on Sunday at the άnel寺 School.
01:56I've got a discussion of the Auto died today, the two sides of the paper.
02:00I've got some lights.
02:01I've got a new one on Saturday in the morning.
02:04I'm going to have a discussion of how's your family here?
02:06I've got a new one on Saturday in the morning.
02:08I've got a new one on Saturday.
02:11I've got a new one on Saturday in June.
02:13And I've got a new one on Saturday at the first day.
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