Billionaire Jeff Bezos and fiancée Lauren Sánchez forced to change their wedding venue days out from lavish celebrations

Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sánchez have been forced to change their wedding venue just days out from the three-day celebrations, which is being dubbed the 'wedding of the century'. 

Protestors are claiming victory for the venue switch, after finding out their threats were successful. 

The US tech billionaire and his fiancée were set to celebrate in the city centre, but have reportedly moved their plans after the No Space for Bezos group threatened to fill the canals with inflatable crocodiles to block their A-list guests from arriving. 

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Details for their wedding celebrations have been kept under wraps, but some details have started to leak out. 

The lavish celebrations were scheduled to end on Saturday at the Scuola Grande della Misericordia.

But a local official in Venice has confirmed to the BBC that guests will instead gather at the Arsenale, further from the centre.

The new venue is a historic complex of shipyards surrounded by fortified walls.

The No Space for Bezos protestors have also shared their joy over what they're claiming as a win. 

"We are very proud of this! We are nobodies, we have no money, nothing!" Tommaso Cacciari, from a group calling itself No Space for Bezos, told the BBC.

"We're just citizens who started organising and we managed to move one of the most powerful people in the world - all the billionaires - out of the city."

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But while the group believe their threats have done it, local media in Venice is reporting that the venue swap was also due to security concerns, according to The Guardian. 

Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka arrived in Venice on Tuesday, and security concerns were heightened after the US joined the war between Israel and Iran. 

The rumoured guest list for the couple's nuptials is a star studded one, with celebrities, politicians and other high profile guests expected to attend. 

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Sánchez is close friends with stars Eva Longoria, Kris Jenner, Kylie Jenner and Kim Kardashian, all of whom could very well make an appearance at the event.

According to TMZ, Oprah Winfrey, Gayle King and Karlie Kloss will also be travelling to Italy to celebrate the couple.

The Rolling Stones rocker Mick Jagger is also rumoured to be attending.

The Financial Review reports that "dozens" of private jets are expected to fly into Venice travelling from places including "Los Angeles, Tanzania, London and Budapest".

Bill Gates will allegedly be flying in from Brussels for the occasion, while Rupert Murdoch's son, Lachlan Murdoch, is expected to be travelling in from London.

It's estimated that 95 private planes are reported to be landing at the city's airport ahead of the celebrations kicking off.

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