Kansas City, MO (2726 NE Vivion Rd)

2005 (PC:showbizpizza.com)

2726 NE Vivion Rd was a Chuck E. Cheese's that opened as a ShowBiz Pizza Place on March 3, 1980 as the first ShowBiz Pizza Place location to open.

It closed in Spring 2007, after 27 years in operation.

History

ShowBiz Pizza

It opened on March 3, 1980, in the Antioch Center. This location used to have the Wolf Pack 5, and later replaced by the The Rock-afire Explosion animatronic band. They would keep this until they got Concept Unification sometime in the early 1990s.

Chuck E. Cheese's

Later on after Concept Unification, the location continued to operate as a CEC location. This location got the 1990s remodel and sign and would keep them until closure. They closed in Spring 2007, as the only remaining open business in the Antioch Center. The mall, after, was left fully vacant, and the whole shopping center began demolition in early 2012. The demolition completed in 2013. Interestingly, when the Chuck E. Cheese's was open, a label scar from the Showbiz Pizza sign remained until it closed.

Stages

Originally when the store first opened as a ShowBiz Pizza Place, they had the Wolf Pack 5, later, the Rock-afire Classic Stage. When they got Concept Unification, they kept the stage. It remained at the location until the 2007 closure.

Stage	Installed	Removed
Wolf Pack 5	March 3, 1980	1981
Classic Stage	1981	Early 1990s
3-Stage	Early 1990s	Spring 2007