The Pit

The Pit may refer to:

Religion

• Abyss (religion), the bottomless pit, which may lead to the underworld or hell

Places

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

Fiction

• The Pit (Penswick novel), a Doctor Who tie-in novel
• The Pit (G.I. Joe), the secret headquarters of the fictional G.I. Joe in Marvel comics
• The Pit (Norris novel), a 1903 book by Frank Norris
• Yama: The Pit, a 1905–1915 novel by Aleksandr Kuprin
• The Pit (film), a 1981 horror film
• The Pit: A Group Encounter Defiled, a 1972 book about mind dynamics, leadership dynamics, and holiday magic
• The Pit (Judge Dredd story)
• Quatermass and the Pit, a 1958–1959 BBC TV science-fiction serial
• The Pit and the Pendulum a short horror story by Edgar Allan Poe

Gaming

• The Pit (arcade game), a 1981 arcade game
• The Pitt, an expansion pack to the 2008 game Fallout 3
• The Pit, a dangerous fighting arena featured and made famous in the Mortal Kombat video games
• Pit-Fighter, a 1990 fighting arcade game.
• Sword of the Stars: The Pit, a 2013 space rogue computer game by Kerberos Productions

Other uses

• A forum on Ultimate Guitar Archive entitled "The Pit"
• The Pit (mixed martial arts) training camp
• "The Pit" (song), a 2012 single by Silversun Pickups from Neck of the Woods