Merced, CA (721 W Olive Ave)

721 W Olive Ave was a Pizza Time Theatre/Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza that opened on April 18th, 1983 and closed in 1995 on an unknown date.

History

Merced would open on April 18th, 1983 with Madame Oink. They would later get Helen Henny. It's unknown if Merced had a Lounge act as there's videos and little amount of photos of Merced as a Pizza Time Theatre. The store would then convert the Balcony Stage into Chuck E.'s House Facade. In around April 1992, the store would convert the Chuck E.'s House Facade into the 3rd ever installed 2-Stage which was interestingly a unique Prototype. Not long after, the store was featured in the CEC cast member highlight reel alongside 8 other locations (Merced was one of three in California to be featured in these highlights). This is one of two locations that had Chuck's Red Base (The only other 2-Stage to have it was the Windsor Cross location which closed in December 2005 with their 2-Stage). Sometime in 1995, Merced would close their doors. The show was put in storage for a while until it was sent to the Chesapeake, VA (1528 Sam's Circle) location where it operated until June 26, 2023. Sometime after the store's closure, the building would be replaced with Hometown Buffet which is now closed. In 2022, that building was demolished for Oliver Garden which would open sometime in Early-Mid 2023. As of June 2023, Olive Garden still operates on the site.

Stages

Stage	Installed	Removed	Notes
Balcony Stage	April 1983	1989	One of many installed in California.
Chuck E.'s House Facade	1989	April 1992	One of many installed in California.
2-Stage	April 1992	1995	One of many installed in California. 3rd 2-Stage installed. Show sent to Chesapeake, VA (1528 Sam's Circle).

Animatronics

Animatronic	Manufacturing Date	Whereabouts
Chuck E. Cheese (Cyberamic)	1982/1983	Sent to Chesapeake, now destroyed.
Guest Star / Helen Henny (Cyberamic)	1982/1983	Sent to Chesapeake, now at SPT Disturbition.
Mr. Munch (Cyberamic)	1982/1983	Sent to Chesapeake, now at SPT Disturbition.
Jasper T. Jowls (Cyberamic)	1982/1983	Sent to Chesapeake, now at SPT Disturbition.
Pasqually (Cyberamic)	1982/1983	Sent to Chesapeake, now at SPT Disturbition.
Warblettes (Cyberamic)	1982/1983	Unknown.
Waving Flags (Cyberamic)	1982/1983	Unknown.
Applause Board (Cyberamic)	1982/1983	Unknown.
Drum Board (Cyberamic)	1982/1983	Unknown.
Singing Flowers (Cyberamic)	1982/1983	Unknown.
Wink (Cyberamic)	1992	Sent to Chesapeake, now at SPT Disturbition.

Videos

Link	Description	Filming Date
https://youtu.be/mqkHGgMxIKQ?t=94	The only known footage of Merced in a brief clip from a CEC cast member highlight reel (The store was featured alongside Wilmington, NC, San Jose, CA (2445 Fontaine Rd), Albuquerque, NM (4418 Wyoming Blvd), Mesa, AZ (856 S Alma School Rd), Dothan, Harrisburg, Erie, Tallahassee, & Tracy) . This footage shows the 2-Stage sometime after conversion from a C-Stage (Chuck E.'s House Facade) featuring no curtains.	Mid 1992