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Airbnb users to play gladiators in Rome’s Colosseum, sparking mixed reactions over $1.5 million deal

Italy-Colosseum-Gladiators_59897ROME (AP) — The ancient Roman Colosseum will be the venue of gladiator fights — albeit staged — for the first time in two millennia under a $1.5 million sponsorship deal with Airbnb that aims to promote “a more conscious tourism.”