Thunderdome
Thunderdome is an arena for steel-cage jousting in the Australian post-apocalyptic film Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985), directed by George Miller and George Ogilvie. The word is also used to describe a contest where the loser suffers harsh consequences.
It may also refer to:
Music
- Thunderdome Recording Studios, a recording studio in Piermont, New York, owned by Paul Kostabi
- Thunderdome (album), a 2004 album by the German melodic-metal band Pink Cream 69
- Thunderdome (music festival), a gabber music event in the Netherlands
- We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome), a 1985 song by Tina Turner featured in the film
Sports
Facilities
United States
- a nickname for Chesapeake Energy Arena, a multi-purpose arena in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- a nickname for Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, a former domed stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota
- a nickname for the Kibbie Dome, an indoor multi-purpose athletic stadium at the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho
- a nickname for the UC Santa Barbara Events Center, an indoor multi-purpose stadium at the University of California, Santa Barbara in Santa Barbara, California
- the former name of Tropicana Field, a domed stadium in St. Petersburg, Florida
- a nickname for the Pontiac Correctional Center, a medium-security prison in Pontiac, Illinois
- a nickname for the Soldier Readiness Processing Center on Fort Hood, Texas
- a nickname for the Chesney Park Skate Park in Topeka, Kansas
Other locations
- Calder Park Thunderdome, an oval speedway in Melbourne, Australia
- Thunderdome Cafe, a restaurant in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland[1]
- the name used for Gateshead International Stadium, when it was used by Gateshead Thunder (1999) and the second Gateshead Thunder club
a nickname for Planet Ice Milton Keynes, an ice arena in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England
Other
- 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
- Death Guild Thunderdome, one of the most popular attractions at the Burning Man festival, patterned after the duels in the movie but with contestants suspended on bungees and wielding Nerf bats.
- A line from Heathers: The Musical - "Welcome to my school. This ain't no High School, this is the Thunderdome."
- A line from Waiting... - "Welcome to Thunderdome, bitch."
- The forum of moderated debate to determine scores for each major graded area during Inspector General Unit Vertical Inspections for the 19th Airlift Wing, Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas
Television
- In the Jessie episode "The Jessie-nator: Grudgement Day" a smaller crescent cage of similar proportions, was also called a Thunderdome.
In the "And the Law Won" episode of "The Good Wife", "Alicia Florrick" refers to the act of bad mouthing her coworkers in order to save her job as Thunderdome. She refuses to 'play' and does not disparage her coworkers.
References
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