Somebody turned the Kansas City Royals’ jumbotron into an enormous screen for Mario Kart

BarDown Staff

Mario Kart , h/t Twitter/TomKCTV5

The KCTV5 news station in Kansas City just wanted some aerial shots of Arrowhead Stadium, home of the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs, for their upcoming playoff game against the Indianapolis Colts. On their way there, however, they were greeted with something much, much better.

Mario Kart! But not just Mario Kart. Mario Kart, on the jumbotron at Kauffman Stadium, where the Kansas City Royals play. It’s hard to say what would be more entertaining: Playing Mario Kart on a jumbotron, or being on a helicopter and inadvertently coming across somebody else playing Mario Kart on a jumbotron.

we sent our helicopter out to get aerials of Arrowhead Stadium and on its way there it noticed a game of Mario Kart had broken out on the Crown Vision board at Kauffman Stadium?? 😂 pic.twitter.com/rOy0icieVi
— Tom Martin (@TomKCTV5) January 8, 2019

The Royals shed some light on this delightfully oversized Mario Kart game, explaining that it was part of a fundraising effort. They held an entire tournament, with benefits going to “children and military families.”

This is a part of a @Royals Associates fundraiser with us to kick off the year! You may even see a video game party on CrownVision as an auction item in 2019 👀
— Royals Charities (@royalscharities) January 9, 2019

Congratulations to our tournament winner on the biggest screen at The K! Helping children and military families is a blast with @Royals Associates who go #BeyondtheBases 👑 pic.twitter.com/PMcYitoJuc
— Royals Charities (@royalscharities) January 10, 2019

Believe it or not, this has been done before. During a rain stoppage in a Cleveland Indians game earlier this year, players decided to play — you guessed it — Fortnite on the jumbotron. And we’re totally sure that nobody in the paying audience had complaints.

For real, though, videogames on a jumbotron will never get old.