Dallas, TX (13125 Montfort Dr)

Dallas, TX (13125 Montfort Dr) Store #580 was a Showbiz Pizza Place that opened on January 26, 1983 with a Rock-afire Explosion, which closed and relocated in December 2001.

This store is notable for being the very first store to undergo Concept Unification and later the only Awesome Adventure Machine stage. Throughout the 90s the location was featured in many training tapes and showtapes for Chuck E. Cheese restaurants.

Stages
Shortly after opening, the Rock-afire Explosion was minorly updated to have a customized backdrop on center stage, then, later on, would also receive "Showbiz Pizza Campgrounds" before undergoing Concept Unification in 1989.

The 3-Stage would fall into disrepair in the mid-1990s and began being replaced with the Awesome Adventure Machine concept on August 11, 1996. By August 21, which is the initial in-store premiere. The Awesome Adventure Machine is believed to be the next big step for Showbiz Pizza Time into the new millennium. However, once completed, the show would ultimately end up in operation for only one year due to budget and technical concerns. The concept would be scrapped in favor of one of the first Studio C's.

They would receive the 2nd Studio C show in neither December 1997 or January 1998. Which removed the failed Awesome Adventure Machine concept.

Although little is known of the location's Studio C, it has been discovered in January 2023 that the Studio C Chuck animatronic was relocated to Moreno Valley, CA location post closure.

History
The Montfort Showbiz Pizza Place opened on January 26th, 1983 as the 23rd corporate-owned store in the United States. The space the store would occupy initially was a Target Foods that was later converted to a Kroger grocery store, which is located next to Target T-13 (which opened in 1969) After Kroger's closure, the pizza establishment remained mostly unchanged, leaving the former Chuck E. Cheese's exterior as one of the only pieces of evidence of Kroger's existence.

On November 28, 1983, the location became the first of four SPPs to premiere the Showscan Theater for Showbiz Pizza and Brock Hotel Corp executives. The concept lasted until the merging of Pizza Time Theatre and ShowBiz Pizza Place, with a lack of funding being a possibility.

By February 1988 the location would be unified with CEC under the 1986 remodel initiative and would remodel once again around 1993. The former Sports Room present inside the Showbiz would be converted into a regular dining space following the first major remodel. The location would also receive Phase 1 in 1995 and Phase 2 upgrades in 1997; it is unknown if they've ever received Phase 3.

Right before the location's closure, they had red and yellow awnings and the 1998 Cool Chuck text. Which was installed in December 1997 during the Studio C installations. This is according to 2001 aerial imagery.

In December 2001 the location relocated to 13364 Montfort Dr, a free-standing location closer to a nearby mall, and left the building to be partially redeveloped by Target.

The location was empty until 2010-2011, when Target bought the space for office and storage usage.

This would also replace the red doors with white ones. repaint part of the exterior, hide the labelscars but keep the exterior mostly intact.

The neighboring Target left the Showroom and kiddie area mostly intact, using the areas as storage. The showroom still has the remnants of the Studio C show along with dinner lights still in the ceiling. The rest of the former Chuck E. Cheese's is currently used for Target office space.

Arcade Machines
Identified 1998 Machines
 * Chuck E's Rubble Bubble
 * Chuck E. Cheese's Hightops
 * Get Bass
 * San Francisco Rush The Rock
 * Sega Super GT
 * Total Eclipse
 * Wave Runner


 * Skeeball
 * Chuck E.'s Hoops
 * The Simpsons
 * SEGA Super GT
 * Chuck E. Cheese's Circus
 * Chuck E. Cheese's Photo Ride