Arlington, TX (2216 S Fielder Rd)

2216 S Fielder Rd, Arlington, TX was a Chuck E. Cheese's that opened in October 1980 with a Balcony show.

Stages
Arlington, TX would be the first location to open with the Balcony Stage, with the guest character as Madam Oink. This location would not receive any other guest characters until 1984 when Helen Henny would become a permanent addition to the Pizza Time Players.

From January to February 1987, Arlington would also become the first location to house the Rocker Stage, since it was the first, it was a one of a kind stage, having some effects the later rocker shows wouldn't have. Then in 1997 the Rocker is replaced for a 2-Stage which currently is using parts from the 1-Stage show from the Irving, TX location. As of November 2022 the show is in poor shape and has the CEC Showtape Networking Module.

Cabaret Acts
Arlington opened with three cabaret acts: Dolli Dimples, The King, and the prototype Beagles animatronics. It is unknown when each act was removed or replaced.

History
This location was the 16th Pizza Time Theatre location to ever open and the very first in the state of Texas. On opening day, this store had a large ceremony and had Nolan Bushnell make a surprise appearance according to a local journalist who interviewed him at the event.

The Store would remodel at some point from 1988 to 1991, again in the mid 90s, and finally in 2005. As of now, this store is being saved from remodeling to be one of the finalized 2.0 remodels.

Concepts
This store was also the first to test the live Chuck E. Cheese performance concept; using a somewhat articulated Chuck head specially made for the performance where its mouth would move.

The location would also start to test "Surprises" sometime in 1987. Surprises were animatronics placed around the store that would have a sensor that would activate it, making it tell a joke, pun, or compliment. At the same time, a showroom remodel was being considered that would completely overhaul the general effect it would give. The concept for this is called "Chuck E.'s Town Square", where the showroom would be transformed into a miniature town square with buildings. It is unknown if the concept made it to Arlington or not due to how undocumented it is.

Chuck E. Cheese University
A little to known fact about this location is that this store houses a back room known as the “University Room” where managers and technicians from around the country would be trained. For technicians a full Rock-Afire would be placed back there to train them, while higher ups watched through a one way mirror. Later on, this room would house the the Awesome Adventure Machine stage to be finalized and programmed before making it’s way to the Dallas Montfort, TX location. As of now this room is still at the location, but used for storage.