Culture Minister Dario Franceschini
said Tuesday that "in 2017 the Colosseum may have seven million
visitors". The minister was commenting after a court approved
his plan to create a new Colosseum archaeological park run by a
director appointed via an international selection process. He
also spoke about the controversy over where the revenues from
the new park will go, stressing that "not one euro ever went to
the city of Rome" from the Colosseum. He added that the
government's plan will see 30% of Colosseum revenues going to
Rome superintendency activities.
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