Chico, CA (966 East Ave)

966 East Ave, Store #3039 was a Chuck E. Cheese's that opened in July 1982 with a Balcony stage, and closed on January 11th, 2011. This location was opened on July 1982 as a Pizza Time Theatre, and then lost the rights to continue operating under the Chuck E. Cheese's license in 2011, eventually a few months after, the entire store was closed all together.

Stages
The Chico, CA location opened with a balcony stage, and then in around 1989/1990, the balcony stage was converted into Chuck E.'s House Facade. In around 1993/1994, Chuck E.'s House Facade was converted into a 2-Stage. On January 11th, 2011, the store had lost the rights to the Chuck E. Cheese's brand, meaning they could no longer use anything that was associated with Chuck E. Cheese's, so they retrofitted the characters and rid the stage of anything to do with MMBB.

Opening
Chico opened July 1982 in a freestanding building with a Balcony Stage & the King in the Lounge in another part of the store. This store would open with Harmony Howlette as the guest star. In the next couple of years, they then received Madame Oink and then Helen Henny as guest stars. This was one of the few stores to survive bankruptcy and the merger with Showbiz.

The 1980's-1990s
In around 1989/1990, Chico would receive the 1988 Remodel which involved converting the Balcony Stage into Chuck E.'s House Facade, making major changes in the store's layout, adding checkers around the store, adding neon signage, and adding a new sign in the old Pizza Time Theatre sign. In around 1993/1994, Chico would receive another remodel, this time converting Chuck E.'s House Facade into a 2-Stage, removing elements from the 1988 Remodel, adding 1990s decor such as record posters and chaser lights, and demolishing the Lounge for more gameroom space. In around the Mid-Late 1990's, the sign above the exterior was replaced with "Chuck E. Cheese's" which they had until the store's closure.

The 2000's
In 2001-2002, Chico added two Must C TV posters to the Showroom, probably to replace the shelving. It is unknown if they ever received Phase 3. Around the Early-Mid 2000's, the condition of the animatronics started to decline, causing then to have many problems.

The Last Years
During the last few years of Chico, CA operating under the Chuck E. Cheese's brand, the animatronics had little to no maintenance and only certain movements would operate correctly. A common rumor is that they had stopped using prizes from corporate and instead replaced them with dollar store toys; It's also been said that they served frozen pizza they had gotten from a nearby vendor, which ultimately lead to corporate getting involved and revoking the franchise license.

Fun Zone & Pizza
Because the store could no longer operate under the Chuck E. Cheese's franchise, they had to improvise and went under the name Fun Zone & Pizza. This new brand was a complete former shell of what it once was, the record posters in the showroom were completely reskinned, the animatronics were retrofitted with generic mascot costumes, and the monitors had been repurposed to play television shows.

Closure
This new brand wasn't pulling in a lot of money as the store owners intended, so they eventually had to close the store, they had sold everything from the store decor, arcade machines, to even the animatronics, though they would not work as their heads had been removed to fit into the generic mascot costumes.

The Later Years After Closure
The store was ultimately left to rot and sat abandoned for the good majority of the 2010s, during halloween on an unknown date, the store was converted into a spirit halloween type store, after that the store continued to be left abandoned until 2016, when the store was demolished.

Present Day
As it sits today, the original building is now completely gone, replaced by a new building, it is currently a DaVita Dialysis center.

Arcade Machines
These are just a handful of the arcade games I could spot in the footage we have currently, unfortunately it's not a lot.
 * DanceDanceRevolution Extreme (Bootleg cabinet) (Possibly Pump It Up by Andimiro)
 * Jurassic Park (1994)
 * Daytona USA
 * Chuck E. Cheese's Circus
 * Photo Ride with Chuck E. Cheese
 * Hightops Basketball Arcade Machine
 * Wheel Of Fortune (2001)
 * Buzzy Buzzy Bee
 * Chuck E. Cheese's Trolley Car (Blue variant)
 * Puff the Magic Dragon Coin Operated Ride
 * Chuck E. Cheese's Air Hockey Table (1996)
 * Caveman Clobber
 * Dinoscore
 * Arctic Thunder
 * Cruis’n USA
 * Pot O’ Gold
 * Wheel Of Fortune (Coin Pusher)
 * Buddy Bear
 * Swamp Stomp
 * Spider Stompin’ (there were 2 of these)
 * Dunk N’ Alien
 * Dinospin
 * Goin’ Fishin’ / Fishin’ Fun