Huntsville, AL (1220 Jordan Lane)

1220 Jordan Lane, Store #705 was a Showbiz Pizza Place that opened on June 8, 1982 with a Rock-Afire Explosion, which is still open to this day.

This location received Concept Unification in the early 1990's, and has many custom things added to the stage, as well as having the last Pizzacam animatronic.

History
Huntsville opened on June 8th, 1982 as the 2nd ShowBiz Pizza store in Alabama (2nd after Mobile, AL (710 Downtowner Loop)) with a Rock-afire Explosion show. It was originally and currently, a corporate owned store. They would later end up receiving the 1988 Remodel removing the old Showbiz decor, and adding newer decor. In 1991, Huntsville received Concept Unification which removed the Rock-Afire for the 3-Stage and removed all Showbiz decor, added new decor, and a change to the exterior. Huntsville underwent another remodel in 1996/1997 which involved the removal of the Neon Signage, Blue and White Awnings, some checkers around the store, another exterior change. In 2001-2002, Huntsville would undergo a minor Phase 3 remodel which involved the removal of the Balcony Seating & the Showroom Walls. In 2006-2007, Huntsville received the 2005 Update to the 2003 "Cool Chuck" Reconfiguration / Major Remodel Initiative which removed all 1990's store art, dim lighting and adding purple walls. In around 2011-2012, Huntsville received the 2010 Update which involved redoing the front counter, repainting the exterior, adding another set of Emergency Exit Doors to the exterior, and expanding the store. As of March 2023, Huntsville is receiving the 2.0 remodel and has the Dance Floor and Video Wall. The stage, according to tech, is likely going to be moved to a retro store in North Carolina.

Stages
Originally when the store opened, they had a Rock-Afire Explosion, as all other Showbiz locations did, and it stayed till they got a Billy Bob interactive at a unknown date, later it would have recive concept unifacation during 1991, this was the process used to turn the RAE into Chuck E. Cheese and Munch's Make Believe Band. There has been many additions to the stage through the years, such as Munch's organ getting a custom front, Jasper keeping Beach Bear's guitar (painted red, white and blue), Helen having her cheerleader outfit and yellow hair (it was changed to her normal dress and hair in 2022), Pasqually having a custom bass drum head, as well as adding a tom-tom drum in 2022, Moon being painted white with an American flag on top (Huntsville is known for NASA), Pizzacam, who is also is called "Retro-Cam" which was the last one, had custom black plastic cosmetics, and a metal emblem on the back that states that the Huntsville location has the first black plastic Pizza/Retro-cam instead of the standard blue cosmetics, and Building was removed in 2021, but his spotlight remains functional, as well as the Wink being painted red white and blue. Sometime in 2022, the lights on the organ legs were changed to Red, Yellow, and Green from the original all red. They were the last 3-Stage in the state of Alabama. On March 29th, 2023 the 3-Stage was removed with it being replaced with a 2021 Model Dance Floor.

Trivia

 * Huntsville was the second ShowBiz Pizza Place in Alabama with Mobile opening less than 4 months earlier.
 * Huntsville was one of seven ShowBiz locations in Alabama to be converted into Chuck E. Cheese. The other six are Mobile, Montgomery, Birmingham, Birmingham (Roebuck), Dothan, & Sheffield. The other three ShowBiz locations Tuscaloosa, Cullman, & Midfield closed in December 1985 (Tuscaloosa), & April 1986 (Cullman & Midfield) respectively as they were the only three not to make it to Concept Unification. Midfield's show however ended up undergoing Concept Unification when it was installed at the Tallahassee location for the store's opening.