Champions League Insanity

I wonder who had the brilliant idea of scheduling all Rome events in late May - early June to take place in around the Colosseum area.

On top of the usual early Summer tourist mob, these days we are experiencing true madness because of the Champions League (the Cup is displayed in the Champions village right by the Colosseum), the celebrations for June 2 (on via dei Fori Imperiali), a Bocelli concert (in the Colosseum) , the Rome Literature Festival (in the Basilica of Maxentius) and a new exibition of large sculptures by Costa Rican artis Jimenez Deredia (in the archaeological area).

Will we survive this madness? Will the archaeological heart of the city survive? Maybe I should ask the soccer fans..