Thunderdome

The Thunderdome is a steel-cage jousting arena in the film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome. Because of the popularity of this film the term thunderdome is a common euphemism for a contest that has especially harsh or final consequences for the loser.

This term may also refer to:

• UCSB Events Center (commonly known as the "Thunderdome"), the on-campus basketball arena for the University of California, Santa Barbara
• The former name of Tropicana Field, a baseball stadium in St. Petersburg, Florida
• Thunderdome (music festival), a gabber music event in the Netherlands
• Calder Park Thunderdome, an oval speedway in Melbourne, Australia
• A nickname for Chesapeake Energy Arena, home of the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association
• A nickname for Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, former home of the Minnesota Twins baseball team and the Minnesota Vikings football team
• A nickname for Kibbie Dome, the athletic stadium for the University of Idaho Vandals in Moscow, Idaho
• A nickname for Gateshead International Stadium, an athletics stadium in Gateshead, United Kingdom also used by the Gateshead Thunder rugby league team.
• Thunderdome (album), an album by Pink Cream 69
• A high stakes heads up online poker table hosted and frequented by Phil Ivey on Full Tilt Poker
• Thunderdome Indoor Soccer Tournament, the longest consecutive running indoor soccer tournament in the United States