The Pit Explained

The Pit may refer to:

Places

• The Pit, a commonly used name for a mosh pit
• The Pit (arena), the main indoor arena at the University of New Mexico
• The Pit (memorial), "Яма" the Holocaust memorial in Minsk, Belarus
• Elder 'The Pit' Stadium, the football stadium at Elder High School in Cincinnati, Ohio
• McArthur Court, also called "The Pit", an arena at the University of Oregon
• Peoples Improv Theater, also referred to as "The PIT", a New York City theatre specializing in improvisational and sketch comedy
• The Pit, a 200-seat studio theatre at the Barbican Arts Centre in the City of London
• The Pit, a common nickname for the underground war room in the fortified compound of the Israeli Defense Ministry
• The Pit, a small public performance area in Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts
• The Pit, a popular study spot in the lower level of the library at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law
• The Pit, the central courtyard of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional places

• The Pit (G.I. Joe), the secret headquarters of the fictional G.I. Joe in Marvel comics
• The Pit, a dangerous fighting arena featured and made famous in the Mortal Kombat video games
• The Pit, the Barksdale Organization's nickname for the low-rise building complex where D'Angelo's crew sold drugs, in The Wire

Films

• The Pit (1981 film), a Canadian horror film also known as Teddy
• The Pit (2020 film), a Latvian drama film

Gaming

• The Pit (video game), a 1981 arcade game
• , a 2013 space rogue computer game by Kerberos Productions

Literature

• The Pit (Judge Dredd story)
• The Pit (Norris novel), a 1903 book by Frank Norris
• The Pit (Penswick novel), a Doctor Who tie-in novel
• , a 1972 book about mind dynamics, leadership dynamics, and holiday magic
• The Pit and the Pendulum, a 1842 short horror story by Edgar Allan Poe
• , a 1905–1915 novel by Aleksandr Kuprin

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

• "The Pit" (song), a 2012 single by Silversun Pickups from Neck of the Woods
• "The Pit", an episode in the second season of the television series The Invaders, 1967–1968
• "The Pit", a television episode of Adventure Time
• Orchestra pit, a lowered area in front of the stage that holds musicians who accompany the performers on stage
• A recording studio at the Sausalito location of the Record Plant

Other uses

• The Pit (mixed martial arts) training camp
• The Pit, a forum on Ultimate Guitar Archive

See also

• • Abyss (religion), the bottomless pit, which may lead to the underworld or hell
• The Pitt, an expansion pack to the 2008 game Fallout 3
• Pit (disambiguation)