Editing Mario Kart Stadium

{{race course infobox
|title=Mario Kart Stadium
|image=[[File:MK8-Course-MarioKartStadium.png|300px]]
|appears_in=''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' ([[List of games by date#2014|2014]])<br>''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' ([[List of games by date#2017|2017]])
|cups=[[Mushroom Cup]]
|ghost={{ghost|8|Nin★Chris|1:59.781|[[File:MK8 Mario Icon.png|32px|link=Mario]][[File:SportsCoupeMK8.png|32px|link=Sports Coupe]][[File:StandardTiresMK8.png|32px|link=Standard (tire)|Standard]][[File:SuperGliderMK8.png|32px|link=Super Glider]]}}{{ghost|8DX <small>150cc</small>|Nin★Chris|1:53.191|[[File:MK8 Mario Icon.png|32px|link=Mario]][[File:SportsCoupeMK8.png|32px|link=Sports Coupe]][[File:StandardTiresMK8.png|32px|link=Standard (tire)|Standard]][[File:SuperGliderMK8.png|32px|link=Super Glider]]}}{{ghost|8DX <small>200cc</small>|Nin★Sophia|1:21.984|[[File:MK8DX Gold Mario Icon.png|32px|link=Gold Mario]][[File:Gold Standard.png|32px|link=Gold Standard]][[File:Gold Tires MK8.png|32px|link=Gold Tires]][[File:GoldGliderMK8.png|32px|link=Gold Glider]]}}
|online_play=No longer available ([[Wii U]])<br>Available ([[Nintendo Switch|Switch]])
|sample=Yasuaki Iwata<br>[[File:MK8-Music-MarioKartStadium.oga]]<br>Frontrunning<br>[[File:WiiU_MarioKartStadium_Frontrunning.oga]]
|map=''Mario Kart 8'' / ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe''
<div style="white-space: nowrap;">[[File:MK8 Mario Kart Stadium Map.png|frameless|upright=0.65]][[File:MK8DX Mario Kart Stadium Map.png|frameless|upright=0.65]]</div>
}}
'''Mario Kart Stadium''' is the introductory track of ''[[Mario Kart 8]]'' and ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' and is the first race of the [[Mushroom Cup]]. It is  a basic circuit taking place in an autodrome stadium full of advertisements and banners of the players with [[fireworks]] in the background, with spectator capacity around 20,000 based on the number of sprites. The course also has a big city in the background. This is the first course to be named after the [[Mario Kart (series)|''Mario Kart'' series]] itself. This course also makes ''Mario Kart 8'' the first game in the series (excluding the arcade games) where the first course in the game is not a circuit, despite the overall design still being a circuit-type track.

Part of this course's music is reused for the theme of [[Mario Circuit (Mario Kart 8)|Mario Circuit]], albeit in a different arrangement, making ''Mario Kart 8'' and ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'' the only games in the series where the first course does not share music with another course. This course's music reappears in ''[[Mario Kart Live: Home Circuit]]'' as the music for [[Live Circuit]].

==Course layout==
[[File:MK8 Mario Kart Stadium Starting Line.png|thumb|250px|left|The course as seen from the starting line.]]
The course begins with a short pit straight followed by a right turn. The track then turns right with three colored paths that stay together: an inner blue path (with an apex), a yellow path in the center that says "Mushroom Cup" on it, and an outer red path with [[Dash Panel]]s and coins. The track then approaches the anti-gravity part followed by a left turn. Next, the course goes up and down a raised hairpin turn, followed by a gliding area before ending with one more left turn to the finish line, which also has an outer red path with three Dash Panels and a ramp at the end.

It is the only course in the [[Mushroom Cup]] to not have an underwater section.

At the start of the course, various pit areas can be seen, with each one of them containing a screen of the course's map on it. Other courses containing their own map are [[Water Park]], [[Rainbow Road (Mario Kart 8)|Rainbow Road]], {{classic-link|GCN|Yoshi Circuit}}, and, in ''Mario Kart 8 Deluxe'', [[Merry Mountain]].
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==Shortcuts==
*Just before the path splits in three, the player can use a boosting item to make a sharp turn between the pipes.
*Players can boost through the grass on the right to cut off the next turn as well.
*After the split path section, there is a dirt section that the player can boost through.
*Right after the first anti-gravity strip, on the left, there is a ramp that cuts off the corner just before the huge turn.
*It is possible to boost through the grass to skip the turn before the big U-turn.
*Near the end of the course, just after the gliding ramp, a boost can be used across the gravel trap to cut the final turn. It is easy to notice the shortcut because there are pipes in the sand.

==Sponsors==
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*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Bowser Oil|Bowser Oil]] (Promotional tents, trackside banners, signs)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Bullet Bill Speed Trial|Bullet Bill Speed Trial]] (Signs, trackside banners)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Fuzzy Battery|Fuzzy Battery]] (Batteries, promotional tents, signs, trackside banners)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Golden Wheel|Golden Wheel]] (Signs, trackside banners)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Lemmy's Tire Service|Lemmy's Tire Service]] (Signs, trackside banners)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Lord Bowser|Lord Bowser]] (Crowd banners, pit areas, standings boards, trucks)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Luigi Gusters|Luigi Gusters]] (Crowd banners, pit areas, standings boards, trucks)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Mario Automobile Association|Mario Automobile Association]] (Promotional tents)
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*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 7#Mario Kart (Oil)|Mario Kart]] (Oil cans)
*[[Mario Kart TV]] ([[Clown Car]]s, commentator's booth, posters, promotion tents, trackside banners, vans)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart Arcade GP and Mario Kart Arcade GP 2|Mario Motors]] (Promotional tents, trackside banners, signs)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Mario Super Motor Team|Mario Super Motor Team]] (Crowd banners, pit areas, standings boards, trucks)
*[[Mushroom Cup]] (Banners, pit areas, signs, standings board, trackside banners)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Princess Peach|Princess Peach]] (Crowd banners, pit areas, standings boards, trucks)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Toad Mushroom Powered|Toad Mushroom Powered]] (Crowd banners, pit areas, standings boards, trucks)
*[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart 8 and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe#Yoshi Runners|Yoshi Runners]] (Crowd banners, pit areas, standings boards, trucks)
|}

==''[[Mario Kart 8 Original Soundtrack]]'' liner note==
''"The idea for this track was to make it sound like the type of music in the opening ceremony. It's worth paying special attention to the bassline. As I'm sure you'll notice, we based this track on the Mario Circuit music in the Flower Cup."''

==Gallery==
<gallery widths=150px>
MK8 Mario Kart Stadium Course Icon.png|The course icon
MK8-FirstCircuit-Overview.png|An overview of the whole course
MK8MarioKartStadium2.png|The only [[anti-gravity]] section of the course
MK8MarioKartStadium1.png|[[Mario]], [[Luigi]], [[Wario]] and other racers reaching the finish line
MK8MarioKartStadium3.png|The finish line
MK8D Pauline Biker.png|[[Pauline]] on the course
MK8 Mario Kart Stadium Starting Line.jpg|[[Roy]] at the starting line
MK8Ramp.png|The [[ramp]]
MK8MarioKartStadium.jpg|A released screenshot of the course revealing the name of the track
Toad mechanics stamp MK8.png|The [[Stamp (Mario Kart 8)|stamp]] obtained for beating the staff ghost at this course
</gallery>

==Names in other languages==
{{foreign names
|Jap=マリオカートスタジアム
|JapR=Mario Kāto Sutajiamu
|JapM=Mario Kart Stadium
|ChiT=瑪利歐賽車競技場
|ChiTR=Mǎlìōu Sàichē Jìngjìchǎng
|ChiTM=Mario Kart Arena
|ChiS=马力欧卡丁车竞技场
|ChiSR=Mǎlìōu Kǎdīngchē Jìngjìchǎng
|ChiSM=Mario Kart Arena
|Dut=Mario Kart-Stadion
|DutM=Mario Kart Stadium
|Fre=Champidrome
|FreM=From ''champignon'' ("mushroom") and "autodrome"
|Ger=Mario Kart-Stadion
|GerM=Mario Kart Stadium
|Ita=Stadio Mario Kart
|ItaM=Mario Kart Stadium
|Kor=마리오 카트 스타디움
|KorR=Mario Kateu Seutadium
|KorM=Mario Kart Stadium
|Por=Estádio Mario Kart
|PorM=Mario Kart Stadium
|Rus=Стадион Mario Kart
|RusR=Stadion Mario Kart
|RusM=Mario Kart Stadium
|Spa=Estadio Mario Kart
|SpaM=Mario Kart Stadium
}}

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