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File:ColerainLate80s.jpg|Center Stage of the RAE between 88-90<ref>https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10224824671351060&set=gm.4879274608781616/</ref>
File:ColerainSPP90.png|Center Stage of the RAE in 1990<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/BnRq6nIH0AL/</ref>
File:ColerainSPP90.png|Center Stage of the RAE in 1990<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/BnRq6nIH0AL/</ref>
File:MitziColerain.jpg|Mitzi 1984<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/BnRq6nIH0AL/</ref>
File:MitziColerain.jpg|Mitzi 1984<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/BnRq6nIH0AL/</ref>
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File:CECcolerain082.jpg| Helen singing "Toyland" in December 2005<ref>https://archive.org/details/CEC_Colerain_Photos/CECcolerain082.JPG/</ref>
File:CECcolerain082.jpg| Helen singing "Toyland" in December 2005<ref>https://archive.org/details/CEC_Colerain_Photos/CECcolerain082.JPG/</ref>
File:Center06.png|Center Stage 2006
File:Center06.png|Center Stage 2006
File:CECcolerain083.jpg|Jasper in 2007 sporting a new mask<ref>https://archive.org/details/CEC_Colerain_Photos/CECcolerain083.JPG/</ref>
File:CECcolerain084.jpg|Chuck in 2007<ref>https://archive.org/details/CEC_Colerain_Photos/CECcolerain084.JPG/</ref>
File:CECcolerain085.jpg|Red Ticket which was installed prior to its 2009 remodel<ref>https://archive.org/details/CEC_Colerain_Photos/CECcolerain085.JPG/</ref>
File:CECcolerain086.jpg|Ordering Area<ref>https://archive.org/details/CEC_Colerain_Photos/CECcolerain086.JPG/</ref>
File:CECcolerain087.jpg|Arcade Games such as "The King of Fighters" & "Flamin' Finger"<ref>https://archive.org/details/CEC_Colerain_Photos/CECcolerain087.JPG/</ref>
File:CECcolerain088.jpg|More Arcade Games such as "Surfs Up" & "Total Eclipse" <ref>https://archive.org/details/CEC_Colerain_Photos/CECcolerain088.JPG/</ref>
File:CECcolerain089.jpg|Full band Shot of the 3-Stage (Circa 2007)<ref>https://archive.org/details/CEC_Colerain_Photos/CECcolerain089.JPG/</ref>
File:CECcolerain090.jpg|Full shot with flash of Jasper<ref>https://archive.org/details/CEC_Colerain_Photos/CECcolerain090.JPG/</ref>
File:CECcolerain091.jpg|Full stage shot of Stage Right<ref>https://archive.org/details/CEC_Colerain_Photos/CECcolerain091.JPG/</ref>
File:CECcolerain092.jpg|Munch and Jasper between songs<ref>https://archive.org/details/CEC_Colerain_Photos/CECcolerain092.JPG/</ref>
File:CECcolerain093.jpg|Full shot of Pasqually<ref>https://archive.org/details/CEC_Colerain_Photos/CECcolerain093.JPG/</ref>
File:CECcolerain094.jpg|Center Stage & Stage Right<ref>https://archive.org/details/CEC_Colerain_Photos/CECcolerain094.JPG/</ref>
File:CECcolerain096.jpg|Bad Dog Parody Award<ref>https://archive.org/details/CEC_Colerain_Photos/CECcolerain096.JPG/</ref>
File:CECcolerain097.jpg|Various Postcards<ref>https://archive.org/details/CEC_Colerain_Photos/CECcolerain097.JPG/</ref>
File:CECcolerain098.jpg|The Toddler Zone<ref>https://archive.org/details/CEC_Colerain_Photos/CECcolerain098.JPG/</ref>
File:CECcolerain099.jpg|Exterior of Colerain for a brief time after a Wind Storm destroyed the Thumb Chuck<ref>https://archive.org/details/CEC_Colerain_Photos/CECcolerain099.JPG/</ref>
File:CECcolerain100.jpg|Showroom a few months before its Late Summer 2009 remodel<ref>https://archive.org/details/CEC_Colerain_Photos/CECcolerain100.JPG/</ref>
File:CECcolerain101.jpg|Pizzacams Box used to block easy access to the Moon.<ref>https://archive.org/details/CEC_Colerain_Photos/CECcolerain101.JPG/</ref>
File:CECcolerain102.jpg|Up-close with Chucks mask<ref>https://archive.org/details/CEC_Colerain_Photos/CECcolerain102.JPG/</ref>
File:CECcolerain103.jpg|Chuck singing "Overkill"<ref>https://archive.org/details/CEC_Colerain_Photos/CECcolerain103.JPG/</ref>
File:CECcolerain104.jpg|Pasqually singing<ref>https://archive.org/details/CEC_Colerain_Photos/CECcolerain104.JPG/</ref>
File:2009.png|Colerain's Showroom on February 16, 2009 <ref>http://www.citykin.com/2009/02/chuck-e-cheese.html/</ref>
File:2009.png|Colerain's Showroom on February 16, 2009 <ref>http://www.citykin.com/2009/02/chuck-e-cheese.html/</ref>
File:ColerainExterior091.jpg | Colerain's Exterior during the expansion (Via: Loopnet)<ref>https://www.loopnet.com/property/8801-colerain-ave-cincinnati-oh-45251/39061-5100093002700//</ref>
File:ColerainExterior091.jpg | Colerain's Exterior during the expansion (Via: Loopnet)<ref>https://www.loopnet.com/property/8801-colerain-ave-cincinnati-oh-45251/39061-5100093002700//</ref>

Revision as of 03:19, 29 December 2023

Colerain Exterior (2019)


8801 Colerain Ave, Store #561 was a Chuck E. Cheese's location that opened on November 11, 1981, as a ShowBiz Pizza Place with a Rock-afire Explosion, and closed as a Chuck E. Cheese's with a 3-Stage on September 22, 2019.

Stages

The store opened with the Rock-afire Explosion on November 11, 1981. Colerain started Concept Unification on April 28, 1991, which began the process of converting the Rock Afire Explosion to the 3-Stage.

Chuck's Stage

His mask was replaced in 2002 with the plastic mask, Tux was replaced in late 2002 with Cool Chuck, which was then replaced with Avenger in February 2011. Chuck's latex feet were replaced between Spring 2005 and 2007. The CEC Neon sign was removed between Fall 2004 and Spring 2005. The "Cheese" part of the neon was removed prior sometime between the Holiday of 2002 and the Fall of 2004. The TV Light and TV Shell were removed and replaced with a new big box TV between 2006-2007. Eventually the TV on Chuck's stage was removed in the Summer of 2018 and replaced with a Flat-Screen TV.

Center Stage

All latex masks were replaced by 2002. Helens Latex Legs were removed/replaced with the fabric variant in October 2016. Jasper had his latex hands and guitar replaced between 2006-2007. The curtains were removed between Spring 2007 and 2008, Munch Jr was removed between the 1990s-2002. The Munch's Make Believe Band sign was removed between April 16th, 2013, and October 26th, 2013. Moon was eventually removed in Late 2017 with Buildings mask and mouth mech being removed between May 2018 and July 2018. The mech was then left to rot behind the backdrops until it was trashed with the rest of the 3-stage on September 22, 2019.

Pasqually's Stage

The Latex mask was removed by 2002 being replaced with a plastic mask. Pizzacam was removed by late 2002. The stage stayed in decent condition until around 2011 when the condition of the stage improved majorly this was until the Summer of 2016 when the tech left Colerain leading to the stage falling apart. The stage slightly improved by August 2018 but the store then closed 13 months later on September 22, 2019, ending the stage's almost 40-year history.

History

The Colerain Ave Showbiz Pizza Place opened up November 11, 1981 opening in front of the former Gold Circle Mall as the 2nd Showbiz Pizza Store (2nd after Sharonville). The store featured "The Show Room, Sports Room, 60 Arcade games, a merry-go-round, and "a magic cave"." Fun Fact Colerain had unique showroom walls which unlike normal stores had an entrance in the middle of the wall. They would receive Klunk in 1983 as part of The Amazing Uncle Klunk Traveling Show (Event). This store remained unchanged until between 1988 and 1991 when the store was remodeled, gaining the checkered patterns on the walls, oil paintings, and removing much of the Showbiz aesthetic scheme.

In April 1991 the store received Concept Unification. The store received the 90s remodel in 1993. The store would remain majorly untouched until August 2009 the store would receive the 2005 Remodel which would include a major facelift, removing the showroom walls, all the old 90s décor, painting some walls purple, replacing the dim lighting with fluorescents, and expanding outwards into the parking lot.

In April 2016, the Skytubes were removed. The Toddler Zone fence was removed in late 2017. On September 22, 2019, Colerain would close after 38 years due to the owner of the property increasing rent on the lease and CEC no longer wanting to spend the amount on the store. As of 2023, the store is still vacant and awaiting future development. After closing some pieces of art were sent to 4394 Eastgate Square Dr. The posters gained were "Grand Marshal of Games", "Ambassador of Fun" and two Red CEC Tickets.

Videos

Link Description Footage Date
link Shows the store in Holiday 1992 & the oldest footage known of the store December 1992
link 2004 footage showing working curtains and the holiday decor. December 2004
link Clips of Colerain during 2005 Fall 2005, December 2005
link Various videos of the stage from 2007-2010 2007,2009, and March 7, 2010.
link 2010 footage showing off the store 6 months after the remodel. Spring 2010
link Final footage of Chuck wearing his Cool Chuck outfit February 17, 2011
link Final show performed before closing. September 22, 2019
link Store Tour of the store's final day. September 22, 2019
link Footage of the store during and after cleanout. September 24 2019, October 3, 2019
link A step into the abandoned building, showing what's left of Colerain after closure. October 14, 2023

Gallery

Animatronics

Character Serial Status
Chuck E. Cheese / Rolfe DeWolfe 4-81 1-8 Unknown/Destroyed
Pasqually / Dook Larue 4-81 2-8 Owned by a Private Collector
Mr. Munch / Fatz Geronimo 4-81 3-8 Unknown/Destroyed
Jasper T. Jowls / Beach Bear 4-81 4-8 Owned by a Private Collector
Helen Henny / Mitzi Mozzarella 4-81 5-8 Owned by a Private Collector
Billy Bob 4-81 6-8 Unknown/Destroyed
Pizzacam / Looney Bird 4-81 7-8 Unknown/Destroyed
Munch Jr. / Choo Choo 4-81 8-8 Unknown/Destroyed
Building / Sun 4-81 11-8 Unknown/Destroyed
Moon 4-81 11-8 Unknown/Destroyed
Antioch N/A Unknown/Destroyed
Uncle Klunk N/A Unknown/Destroyed
Wink N/A Unknown/Destroyed

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