Airbnb is offering users a chance to play gladiator in the real Roman Colosseum. Veuer’s Matt Hoffman reports.
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00:00Airbnb is offering users a chance to play Gladiator in the real Roman Colosseum.
00:05The rental platform announced Wednesday that it is opening applications to a contest
00:09in which 32 total winners will get to visit the ancient amphitheater after dark and fight in it,
00:14presumably not to the death.
00:16The contest is a tie-in with the new film Gladiator 2.
00:19According to the AP, the offer is part of a $1.5 million sponsorship deal
00:23with which Airbnb will help renew an educational program in the Colosseum.
00:27But the deal is not without controversy.
00:30The AP quotes Alberto Campayla of the non-profit Nonaroma as calling the offer touristification
00:36and saying platforms like Airbnb are literally driving people out of not only the city center,
00:41but also the outskirts and suburban neighborhoods.
00:44Airbnb has also been criticized in recent years for allowing rental listings
00:48in Israeli settlements in the West Bank, which are illegal under international law.