The Arsenal will therefore host internal and external spaces for exhibitors, places for business, but also a leisure area where everyone can try out a boat – a rowing boat or a lug sail -. And yet again, it is a moment of revival for the Naval Museum and, more in general, a moment to rediscover this lesser-known part of the city.
The mayor’s presentation was followed by the technical presentation of the Communication and Events Director of Vela Spa, Fabrizio D’Oria, who illustrated how the entire area will be organized. The Arsenal can be accessed from four points: thanks to the collaboration of the Navy, the first will be from the Naval Museum, with the triumphal entry along the canal of the Arsenal, the second from Giardino delle Vergini (thanks to the Gondoliers Association a gondola service inside the Basin will then reach the northern part), the third from the Docks (also directly connected to the airport) and the fourth from Celestia. “It will require a heavy infrastructural intervention – specified D’Oria – in fact, we will build piers for 100 moorings on the North side up to the dry docks that will be reopened. Altogether we will reach 10 thousand square meters of exhibition area, in addition to spaces for meetings, events and food outlets”.
The morning ended with talks by several other participants, including the Commanding Officer of l’Istituto di Studi Militari Marittimi di Venezia and Presidio Marina Militare di Venezia (the Institute of Military Maritime Studies of Venice and the Military Navy Defence of Venice), the Rear Admiral, Andrea Romani; the CEO of the Ferretti Group, Alberto Galassi; the Prefect of Venice, Vittorio Zappalorto; the Regional Councillor for Economic Development and Energy, Roberto Marcato; the President of the Northern Adriatic Sea Port Authority, Pino Musolino; the President of Confindustria Venezia Area Metropolitana of Venice and Rovigo, Vincenzo Marinese, and the Interregional Public Works Superintendent for Veneto, Trentino Alto Adige and Friuli Venezia Giulia, Roberto Linetti, who fully agreed expressed their full cooperation and willingness to participate and organize the Boat Show, emphasising how this event can unite all the forces of the territory for the re-launch and future of the city.
