Get ready, get set, go cosplay as a gladiator and fight a random stranger in Rome’s torch-lit Colosseum — for free?
Airbnb will start taking booking requests next week for an “exclusive gladiator experience” to be held in the Colosseum next spring, sparking outrage among some Italian officials who say the event degrades the ancient amphitheater to the ranks of a theme park.
“We are not in Disneyland, we are in Rome. Every now and then someone seems to forget it,” Secretary of Rome’s Democratic Party Enzo Foschi said in a statement last week.
Titled “Train for Gladiador II Glory” on the booking website, the experience promotes the new film Gladiator II, starring Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, and Denzel Washington. The vacation rental site said it will select 16 guests to participate in two private events on May 7 and May 8.
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