Colosseum introduces named ticket to combat scalping

From October 18, 2023, the Colosseum Archaeological Park will introduce named tickets for all types of entrance tickets; a new ticket office will also be opened in addition to the existing one, and the number of tickets sold on site will be doubled. The aim is to counter the phenomenon of scalping and other speculative practices on entrance tickets to the Archaeological Park. The named ticket will be available for purchase at www.colosseo.it, through call centers and at physical ticket offices.

The new ticket office will be located at Largo della Salara Vecchia/Via dei Fori Imperiali, flanking the existing one on Colosseum Square, thus bringing to six the number of ticket counters available for on-site collection of tickets for individual non-brokered visitors, subject to availability. At the same time, the percentage of tickets sold on- site will be doubled with the intention of benefiting visitors who did not or could not access online purchase.

The remaining percentage of shares allocated to sales channels will be reshuffled: 25 percent of the total number of tickets will be allocated to the B2B platform for tour operators; 55 percent of the total will be allocated to the B2C platform, i.e., for individual visitors.

More changes are planned starting Nov. 1. Coinciding with the return of daylight saving time, the Flavian Amphitheater will be accessible from 8:30 a.m. (instead of 9 a.m.) to ensure extended opening hours during the winter season as well.

“I would like to thank the Director of the Colosseum Archaeological Park, Alfonsina Russo, and the Director General of Museums, Massimo Osanna, for the speed with which they managed to define the introduction of the named ticket, a central measure to free one of the symbols of our cultural and historical heritage from the phenomenon of scalping,” said Culture Minister Gennaro Sangiuliano. “We inherited a tangled situation and a dispute that had been going on for a long time, but we untangled it quickly. On the case of the Colosseum tickets in recent weeks we have read and heard a lot: to those who think only of making controversy we respond once again with the force of facts. We can say that thanks to this measure and the expansion of the offer that took place in 2023, a new era begins for the Colosseum Archaeological Park.”

For Alfonsina Russo, director of the Colosseum Archaeological Park, “at a time in history when art cities, not just Rome, are experiencing a period of overtourism where demand far exceeds supply, we recall that, in order to ensure the safety of visitors and the protection of the artistic heritage, a maximum of 3,000 accesses at the Colosseum are allowed at the same time. This is a quota subject to periodic reviews with the aim of extending capacity, in full compliance with the previously mentioned requirements.”

Colosseum introduces named ticket to combat scalping

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