Mario Kart Stadium

Mario Kart Stadium is the first race track in the Mushroom Cup of Mario Kart 8. This course takes place in a big stadium full with advertisements and banners of the players with fireworks in the background.

Course layout
The course begins with a short straightaway followed by a right turn. The track then turns right with three colored paths that stay together: an inner blue path, a yellow path in the center that says Mushroom Cup on it, and an outer red path with Boost Pads. The track then approaches the only anti-gravity part in the track followed by a left turn. Next, the course goes up and down a raised hairpin turn, followed by a gliding area, and one more left turn to the finish line.

Shortcuts

 * After the first split path anti-gravity 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.

Trivia

 * This is the first course to be named after the Mario Kart series itself.
 * This course makes Mario Kart 8 the only game in the series (excluding the arcade games) where the first course in the game is not called a Circuit/Raceway course.