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* The Jiggosseum from ''VideoGame/{{Banjo-Kazooie}}: Nuts and Bolts''. The level is a roman style colosseum/stadium with a sports theme. Most of the missions are also based around sports.
* VideoGame/RivalSchools and its sequel, Project Justice have these as the Gorin High School Team's stages. The first game has the inside of a High School gymnasium [[ShownTheirWork (complete with squeaky noises from the characters running or jumping)]] and the second game has the characters fighting inside an outdoor stadium... Against a baseball player (Shoma), a volleyball player (Natsu), a soccer player (Roberto), a tennis player (Momo) and a swimmer (Nagare).

In short, expect to see GretzkyHasTheBall or CalvinBall as the ''visual setting''.

* The ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series has a few stages based on race tracks ([[VideoGame/FZero Mute City and Big Blue]] in ''Melee'', [[VideoGame/FZero Port Town Aero Dive]] and [[VideoGame/MarioKart Mario Circuit]] in ''Brawl'') that all have cars racing around the track while you fight. There's also the Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Stadium stages which are based on the arenas used in Pokémon battling (a ''fictional'' sport).

* The ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series has a few stages based on race tracks ([[VideoGame/FZero Mute City and Big Blue]] in ''Melee'', [[VideoGame/FZero Port Town Aero Dive]] and [[VideoGame/MarioKart Mario Circuit]] in ''Brawl'') that all have cars racing around the track while you fight. There's also the VideoGame/{{Pokemon}} Stadium stages which are based on the arenas used in Pokemon battling (a ''fictional'' sport).

** The second gym of ''VideoGame/PokemonXandY'' is a rock climbing facility. The third one is a roller skating rink.
* The essence of an entire world in ''James Pond 2: Robocod''

* ''NinjaBaseballBatMan'' is an arcade BeatEmUp where nearly every level is baseball-themed. Some enemies are actually baseball bats ''wielding baseball bats''.

* ''WesternAnimation/TinyToonAdventures: Buster Busts Loose!'' on [[SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Snes]], Stage 4 is the final part of a [[AmericanFootball football]] game.

* VideoGame/RivalSchools and its sequel, Project Justice have these as the Gorin High School Team's stages. The first game has the inside of a High School gymnasium [[ShownTheirWork (complete with squeaky noises from the characters running or jumping)]] and the second game has the characters fighting inside an outdoor stadium... Against a baseball player (Shoma), a volleyball player (Natsu), a soccer player (Roberto), a tennis player (Momo) and... [[FlatWhat a swimmer]] (Nagare).

This isn't simply the arena that you play sports games in. Some games, especially action, adventure, and platforming games, design entire levels around the theme of sports. Expect to see linebackers barreling towards you, pitchers hurling baseballs at you, {{mook}}s lobbing tennis balls at you with a mean back-hand, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking hockey players picking a fight.]] Everything it takes to keep you from reaching the [[IncrediblyLamePun GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAALLL!!]]

* The ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBros'' series has a few stages based on race tracks ([[FZero Mute City and Big Blue]] in ''Melee'', [[FZero Port Town Aero Dive]] and [[VideoGame/MarioKart Mario Circuit]] in ''Brawl'') that all have cars racing around the track while you fight. There's also the VideoGame/{{Pokemon}} Stadium stages which are based on the arenas used in Pokemon battling (a ''fictional'' sport).

* The final boss fight of ''DukeNukem3D''[=/=]first level of ''DukeNukemForever'' takes place in a football stadium. [[spoiler: If you succeed in killing the monster there, Duke even gets to rip it's eyeball out and kick a field goal with it.]]

* ''VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw'' had an EscortMission "minigame" in the baseball stadium, in which you help a runner round the bases three times while fending off zombies with the Chainsaw Blaster.
* The Jiggosseum from ''BanjoKazooie: Nuts and Bolts''. The level is a roman style colosseum/stadium with a sports theme. Most of the missions are also based around sports.

* ''NoMoreHeroes'' has Destroy Stadium, a setting visited twice in the game. What happens there includes killing bad guys by deflecting a pitch, battles in the vast outfield, and PlayingTennisWithTheBoss via a man-launching batting cage.

* The Jiggosseum from ''BanjoKazooie : Nuts and Bolts''. The level is a roman style colosseum/stadium with a sports theme. Most of the missions are also based around sports.

* '' PokemonBlackAndWhite'' and their sequels have these in Nimbasa City. You can battle trainers playing various sports on different days.

* Strike Man's stage (pictured above) in ''VideoGame/MegaMan10'' starts off innocent enough. You're running your way through a giant baseball stadium in the background, and the first enemies you come across are robot ball storage containers, lobbing bouncing baseballs and footballs at you. Soon enough there are enemies throwing curve balls at you from atop basketball nets, giant robot goalies trying to crush you, and spike-covered rocket-propelled soccerballs that you need to activate and run underneath just to advance your way to Strike Man at the end. Strike Man himself is a personified walking baseball who not only uses himself as a weapon, but throws bouncing dodgeballs at you as well.

* '' PokemonBlackAndWhite'' and their sequels have these in Nimbasa City. you can battle trainers playing various sports on different days.

* ''Pokemon BlackAndWhite'' and their sequels have these in Nimbasa City. you can battle trainers playing various sports on different days.

* RivalSchools and its sequel, Project Justice have these as the Gorin High School Team's stages. The first game has the inside of a High School gymnasium [[ShownTheirWork (complete with squeaky noises from the characters running or jumping)]] and the second game has the characters fighting inside an outdoor stadium... Against a baseball player (Shoma), a volleyball player (Natsu), a soccer player (Roberto), a tennis player (Momo) and... [[FlatWhat a swimmer]] (Nagare).

* The Jiggosseum from ''[[Banjo-Kazooie BanjoKazooie]]: Nuts and Bolts''. The level is a roman style colosseum/stadium with a sports theme. Most of the missions are also based around sports.

* The Jiggosseum from ''[[Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts BanjoKazooieNutsAndBolts]]''. The level is a roman style colosseum/stadium with a sports theme. Most of the missions are also based around sports.

* The ''Disney's TaleSpin'' game for [[NintendoEntertainmentSystem Nes]] have a level set in a baseball stadium.
* ''TinyToonAdventures: Buster Busts Loose!'' on [[SuperNintendoEntertainmentSystem Snes]], Stage 4 is the final part of a [[AmericanFootball football]] game.

* In the ''Aaahh!!!RealMonsters'' platformer for the Sega Genesis, the second level is a school Gymnasium. Obstacles include basketball hoops, arena stands, and basketballs bouncing everywhere.

* Sports Bear's route in the ''{{Glider}} PRO CD'' house "Teddy World."

* ''VideoGame/LollipopChainsaw'' had an EscortMission "minigame" in which you help a runner round the bases three times while fending off zombies with the Chainsaw Blaster.

* MischiefMakers had a sports or rather Olympic themed stage where you had to win a certain amount of competitions to advance. 100, 200, and 400 meter dashes, hurdles, long jump, some weird ball catching game, and math problems were among the tasks.

In short, expect to see GretzkyHasTheBall as the ''visual setting''.

* Sports Gym and Space Ball Stadium in ''[[WesternAnimation/TheJetsons: Cogswell's Caper]]''.