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Cincinnati, OH (8801 Colerain Ave) was a Chuck E. Cheese's location running from 1981 to 2019.

The Colerain Ave Showbiz Pizza Place opened on November 11th 1981, and closed its doors on September 22, 2019 as a Chuck E. Cheese's.

Stages

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

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

Now for Center Stage. All latex masks were replaced by 2002. Helens Latex Legs were removed/replaced with the fabric variant in October 2016. Colerain was the second to last store to have the "sunshine" organ front. 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 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 3stage on September 22, 2019.

Lastly for Pasqually's stage the Latex mask was removed by 2002 being replaced with the 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 Summer 2016 when the tech left Colerain leading to the stage to fall apart. The stage slightly improved by August 2018 but the store then closed 13 months later on September 22, 2019 ending the stages 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. The store featured "The Show Room, Sports Room, 60 Arcade games, a merry-go-round, and "a magic cave"." This store remained unchanged until between 1988 and 1991 when the store would remodel gaining the checkered patterns on the walls, oil paintings and removing much of the Showbiz aesthetic scheme.

Soon after on April 29, 1991 the store received Concept Unification. The store renovated the entire restaurant to feature a new updated game package, new artwork, new paint job. Colerain had a showroom entrance in the middle of the show room wall. It's unknown currently if that was always there or was added in the 90s. Then in September 2009, the store received a major facelift removing the showroom walls, all the old 90s décor, and expanding outwards into the parking lot. With that remodel came with what's normal for a 05 Remodel package. In 2016 the Skytubes were removed and the Toddler Zone was removed minus the play fort in 2017. Then on September 17, 2019 it was announced via an employee who worked at the store that on September 22, 2019 Colerain, Ave 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. Colerain was the second to last store with the "sunrise" organ front with the final being Charleston, SC. As of 2022 the store is still vacant and being used as storage for the car dealership across the street.

Videos

Link	Description	Footage Date
link	Various videos of the stage from 2007-2010	October 2, 2008, April 7, 2009, and March 7, 2010.
link	Clips of Colerain during 2005	December 29th 2020.
link	2010 footage showing off the store 6 months after the remodel.	January 29, 2019
link	2004 footage showing working curtains and the holiday decor.	March 9, 2011
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.	October 19, 2019
link	Footage of the store during and after cleanout.	October 22, 2019

Gallery

Center Stage of the RAE in 1990^[1]
Mitzi 1984^[2]
Helen and Walkaround Mid 1990s.
Colerains Showroom featuring some of the records and Tux Chuck in 2002
Chuck in Holiday 2002
Building, Helen & Munch in Holiday 2002
Munch in Holiday 2002
Munch in Holiday 2002
Jasper in Holiday 2002
Jasper in Holiday 2002
Pasqually in Holiday 2002
Some of the Show Room in Holiday 2002
Rolling Stone Magazine poster in the side hallway
Wild West and GQ Magazine posters in the side hallway
Golf Magazine poster in the side hallway
Colerains exterior in Fall 2004.
Colerains "Chuck E. Promises" Sign located in the entrance area.
Chucks stage in 2004 performing "Word Up"
Center Stage and Pasquallys stage in 2004 performing
Pasquallys stage in 2004 with one latex and one plastic hand.
Different angle of Chucks stage in 2004 showing the latex feet and missing "Cheese" from the neon sign
Chuck walk around in front of the Toddler Zone facing the windows in 2004
Chuck walk around in front of the SkyTubes and Show Room walls showing off various games in 2004
Upclose picture of the animatronic Chuck 2004.
Buildings mask in 2004.
Moons mask in 2004.
Band singing a song from September 2004.
Helen & Building in 2004.
Center Stage 2006
Colerain's Exterior during the expansion taken August 22nd 2009
Colerain's Exterior during the expansion taken August 22nd 2009
Fall 2009 remodel taken September 14th 2009
Full Stage shot in 2018
Jasper's Mask falling off 2019.
Colerain after being cleared out interior September 25, 2019
Colerain after the signage was removed from the exterior September 25, 2019

References

[1] ttps://www.instagram.com/p/BnRq6nIH0AL/

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 == Stages ==
-The store opened with the Rock Afire Explosion on November 11, 1981, then got [[Concept Unification Installation Manual|Concept Unification]] on April 28, 1991 causing the stage to be converted into a 3-stage. Colerain was an interesting 3-stage as by the end of its life almost everything had been removed/changed.
+The store opened with the Rock Afire Explosion on November 11, 1981, then started [[Concept Unification Installation Manual|Concept Unification]] on April 28, 1991 which began the process of converting the Rock Afire Explosion to the 3-stage.
-Between 1992-2002 Munch Jr had been removed, all the latex masks were replaced with Plastic by 2002, Pizzacam was removed by late 2002 or early 2003, The tuxedo outfit was replaced with the full Cool Chuck outfit in late 2002, The CEC Neon sign was removed 2002-2005, The TV Light and TV Box were removed between 2005-2007, The curtains were removed in 2007-2008, Chuck went from full Cool Chuck to full Avenger in February 2011, around this time frame was when the condition of the stage improved majorly from its previous years. Munch's Make Believe Band Sign was removed in 2013, During Summer 2016 the tech left at Colerain leading the stage to fall causing the removal of the final few props that could still be removed. Moon was removed in 2017, Building was lowered and had the mask and mech snapped off in 2018, Chucks CRT was removed also in 2018, Then on September 22, 2019, the entire 3-stage was removed as the store closed.
+Staring with Chuck stage. His mask was replaced by 2002 with the plastic mask, Tux was replaced in late 2002 with Cool Chuck, which was then replaced with Avenger in February 2011. Chucks latex feet were replaced between Spring 2005 and 2007. The CEC Neon sign was removed in between Fall 2004 and Spring 2005. The "Cheese" part of the neon was removed prior sometime between Holiday 2002 and Fall 2004. The TV Light and TV Shell were removed between 2006-2007. Eventually the TV on Chucks stage was removed in Summer 2018 and replaced with a Flat Screen TV that was barely turned on.
+Now for Center Stage. All latex masks were replaced by 2002. Helens Latex Legs were removed/replaced with the fabric variant in October 2016. Colerain was the second to last store to have the "sunshine" organ front.  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 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 3stage on September 22, 2019.
+Lastly for Pasqually's stage the Latex mask was removed by 2002 being replaced with the 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 Summer 2016 when the tech left Colerain leading to the stage to fall apart. The stage slightly improved by August 2018 but the store then closed 13 months later on September 22, 2019 ending the stages 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 the store featured The Show Room, Sports Room, 60 Arcade games, a merry-go-round, and "a magic cave". This store remained unchanged until the late 80s when the store remodeled gaining the checkered patterns on the walls and oil paintings removing much of the Showbiz color scheme.
+The Colerain Ave Showbiz Pizza Place opened up November 11, 1981 opening in front of the former Gold Circle Mall. The store featured "The Show Room, Sports Room, 60 Arcade games, a merry-go-round, and "a magic cave"." This store remained unchanged until between 1988 and 1991 when the store would remodel gaining the checkered patterns on the walls, oil paintings and removing much of the Showbiz aesthetic scheme.
-Soon after, on April 29, 1991, the store received Concept Unification. Soon after, the store renovated the entire restaurant to feature a new updated game package, new artwork, new paint job, and basically new everything. Colerain had a showroom entrance in the middle of the show room wall. It's unknown currently if that was always there or was added in the 90s. Then in September 2009, the store received a major facelift removing the showroom walls, all the old 90s décor, and expanding outwards into the parking lot. With that remodel came with what's normal for a 05 Remodel package. In 2016 the Skytubes were removed and the Toddler Zone was removed minus the play fort in 2017. Then on September 17, 2019 it was announced via an employee who worked at the store that on September 22, 2019 Colerain, Ave 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. Colerain was the second to last store with the "sunrise" organ front with the final being Charleston, SC. As of 2022 the store is still vacant and being used as storage for the car dealership across the street.
+Soon after on  April 29, 1991 the store received Concept Unification. The store renovated the entire restaurant to feature a new updated game package, new artwork, new paint job. Colerain had a showroom entrance in the middle of the show room wall. It's unknown currently if that was always there or was added in the 90s. Then in September 2009, the store received a major facelift removing the showroom walls, all the old 90s décor, and expanding outwards into the parking lot. With that remodel came with what's normal for a 05 Remodel package. In 2016 the Skytubes were removed and the Toddler Zone was removed minus the play fort in 2017. Then on September 17, 2019 it was announced via an employee who worked at the store that on September 22, 2019 Colerain, Ave 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. Colerain was the second to last store with the "sunrise" organ front with the final being Charleston, SC. As of 2022 the store is still vacant and being used as storage for the car dealership across the street.
 == Videos ==
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 File:CECcolerain011.jpg|Wild West and GQ Magazine posters in the side hallway
 File:CECcolerain012.jpg|Golf Magazine poster in the side hallway
 File:CECcolerain001.jpg|Colerains exterior in Fall 2004.
 File:CECcolerain013.jpg|Colerains "Chuck E. Promises" Sign located in the entrance area.
 File:CECcolerain014.jpg|Chucks stage in 2004 performing "Word Up"
 File:CECcolerain015.jpg|Center Stage and Pasquallys stage in 2004 performing
 File:CECcolerain016.jpg|Pasquallys stage in 2004 with one latex and one plastic hand.
 File:CECcolerain017.jpg|Different angle of Chucks stage in 2004 showing the latex feet and missing "Cheese" from the neon sign
 File:CECcolerain018.jpg|Chuck walk around in front of the Toddler Zone facing the windows in 2004
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 File:CECcolerain022.jpg|Buildings mask in 2004.
 File:CECcolerain023.jpg|Moons mask in 2004.
 File:CECcolerain024.jpg|Band singing a song from September 2004.
 File:CECcolerain025.jpg|Helen & Building in 2004.
 File:Center06.png|Center Stage 2006
-File:Colerain091.jpg|Colerains Exterior during the expansion
+File:Colerain091.jpg|Colerain's Exterior during the expansion taken August 22nd 2009
-File:Colerain092.jpg|Colerains Exterior during the expansion
+File:Colerain092.jpg|Colerain's Exterior during the expansion taken August 22nd 2009
-File:Colerainmidremodel09.jpg|Fall 2009 remodel.
+File:Colerainmidremodel09.jpg|Fall 2009 remodel taken September 14th 2009
 File:Full stage 2018.jpg|Full Stage shot in 2018
 File:Jasper Mask from Colerain.jpg|Jasper's Mask falling off 2019.