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7401 Good Hope Rd was a ShowBiz Pizza Place/Chuck E. Cheese's that opened on June 17th, 1981, as a ShowBiz Pizza Place with a Rock-afire Explosion. Good Hope would subsequently close in 1985 with other unprofitable stores and reopen the same year as a Chuck E. Cheese’s. The store closed in 1995 (Unknown Month and Day) with a 1-Stage. It was located next to a Kmart in the former Kmart Foods space.

History

Good Hopd opened on June 17th, 1981 as the first ShowBiz Pizza Place in Wisconsin as a corporate-owned store in the space that once housed a Kmart Foods Grocery Store. Good Hope originally featured the Rock-afire Explosion, as all other ShowBiz locations did. Good Hope would have it for a few years, until 1985, when the store would close due to being unprofitable and the show was removed and sent to Raleigh (It would then undergo Concept Unification in 1991, and be removed in 2022). Good Hope would reopen as a franchised Chuck E. Cheese’s store, owned by the same franchisee as the three other stores in the area. Good Hope would feature a Balcony Stage until it would was replaced with Chuck E.'s House in around 1988, when they would also receive the 1986 SPT Remodel Program. Good Hope was one of three ShowBiz Pizza stores to get this stage, the other two being White Settlement (Which got it after they reopened, like Good Hope) and Citrus Heights. They would have it until sometime in 1994 when it is believed that they received the 1994 SPT Repositioning / Remodel Program which involved the conversion of Chuck E.'s House to a 1-Stage. Good Hope would remain this way until the store was permanently closed a year later in 1995 for unknown reasons. The whole building, including the neighboring Kmart would then be demolished for a Home Depot for 2005, which closed in 2008. The site is now a Pick 'n Save. As of May 2023, Pick 'n Save is still in the building.

Stages

Originally, Good Hope featured a Rock-afire Explosion, as all other Showbiz locations did. In 1985, Good Hope would close and would remove the Rock-afire Explosion. Good Hope reopened the same year with a Balcony Stage, and around 1988 would replace it with Chuck E.'s House. They would then convert Chuck E.'s House into a 1-Stage. They had the 1-Stage until the store's closure sometime in 1995. It is unknown what happened to the stage after Good Hope closed.

Stage	Installed	Removed	Notes
Rock-afire Explosion	June 1981 1985	1st Showbiz to open in Wisconsin. Show sent to Raleigh, NC (3501-131 Capital Blvd) where it underwent Concept Unification around 3 years after the store's opening.
Balcony Stage	1985
Chuck E.'s House	1988	1994	One of three installed in Wisconsin, also one of three installed in a former ShowBiz Pizza Place.
1-Stage	1994	1995	One of four installed in Wisconsin.

Animatronics

Animatronic	Serial	Whereabouts
Rolfe DeWolfe	1-81 1-2	Sent to Raleigh, NC (3501-131 Capital Blvd), Now Destroyed.
Dook Larue	1-81 2-2	Sent to Raleigh, NC (3501-131 Capital Blvd), Now Destroyed.
Fatz Geronimo	1-81 3-2	Sent to Raleigh, NC (3501-131 Capital Blvd), Now Destroyed.
Beach Bear	1-81 4-2	Sent to Raleigh, NC (3501-131 Capital Blvd), Now Destroyed.
Mitzi Mozzarella	1-81 5-2	Sent to Raleigh, NC (3501-131 Capital Blvd), Now Destroyed.
Billy Bob	1-81 6-2	Sent to Raleigh, NC (3501-131 Capital Blvd), Now Unknown.
Looney Bird	1-81 7-2	Sent to Raleigh, NC (3501-131 Capital Blvd), Now Destroyed.
Choo Choo	1-81 8-2	Sent to Raleigh, NC (3501-131 Capital Blvd), Now Unknown.
Sun	1-81 10-2	Sent to Raleigh, NC (3501-131 Capital Blvd), Now Unknown.
Moon	1-81 11-2	Sent to Raleigh, NC (3501-131 Capital Blvd), Now Unknown.
Antioch	N/A	Sent to Raleigh, NC (3501-131 Capital Blvd), Now Destroyed.
Chuck E Cheese (Cyberamic)	1980s	Unknown.
Guest Star / Helen Henny (Cyberamic)	1980s	Unknown.
Mr. Munch (Cyberamic)	1980s	Unknown.
Jasper T. Jowls (Cyberamic)	1980s	Unknown.
Pasqually (Cyberamic)	1980s	Unknown.
Singing Flowers (Cyberamic)	N/A	Unknown.
Wink (Cyberamic)	1994	Unknown.

Trivia

Good Hope was the 1st ShowBiz to open in Wisconsin. This was one of two ShowBiz Pizza Stores to open up in Milwaukee. The other location was Greenfield which opened 2 months and 10 days later and was the 2nd ShowBiz Pizza Store to open in the state. This was also one of two Chuck E. Cheese's locations located within the Milwaukee city limits (Excluding West Allis).
This was one of two locations to remove their 1-Stage before 1996 (The other was Warwick which closed on November 19th, 1994).

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-'''''7401 Good Hope Rd''''' was a ''Showbiz Pizza Place''/''Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza'' that opened on June 17th, 1981, as a Franchised Showbiz Pizza store with a Rock-afire Explosion, the store closed in 1995 (Unknown Month and Day) with a 1-Stage. The store was located next to Kmart (Which closed in 2003) in the former Kmart Foods space.
+'''''7401 Good Hope Rd''''' was a ''ShowBiz Pizza Place''/''Chuck E. Cheese's'' that opened on June 17th, 1981, as a ShowBiz Pizza Place with a Rock-afire Explosion. Good Hope would subsequently close in 1985 with other unprofitable stores and reopen the same year as a Chuck E. Cheese’s. The store closed in 1995 (Unknown Month and Day) with a 1-Stage. It was located next to a Kmart in the former Kmart Foods space.
 == History ==
-Milwaukee (Good Hope Rd) opened on June 17th, 1981 as the first Showbiz Pizza Place in Wisconsin as a Franchised store in the space that once housed a Kmart Foods Grocery Store. Milwaukee (Good Hope Rd) originally featured the Rock-afire Explosion, as all other Showbiz locations did. they would have it for a few years, until 1988, when it was removed and sent to [[Raleigh, NC (3501-131 Capital Blvd)|Raleigh]] for the opening on their location in June (It would then undergo Concept Unification around 3 years later). It would then be replaced with [[Chuck E.'s House]] when they got the [[1986 SPT Remodel Program]], this was one of three Showbiz Pizza stores to get this stage, the other two being [[White Settlement, TX (7750 Scott St)|White Settlement]] (Which got it after they reopened) and [[Citrus Heights, CA (6251 Sunrise Blvd)|Citrus Heights]]. They would then have it until sometime in 1994 when they received the [[1994 SPT Repositioning / Remodel Program]] which involved the conversion of [[Chuck E.'s House]] to a 1-Stage, they then would remain this way until the store was permanently closed a year later in 1995 for unknown reasons. The whole building, including the neighboring Kmart would then be demolished for a Home Depot for 2005, which closed in 2008. The site is now a Pick 'n Save. As of May 2023, Pick 'n Save is still in the building.
+Good Hopd opened on June 17th, 1981 as the first ShowBiz Pizza Place in Wisconsin as a corporate-owned store in the space that once housed a Kmart Foods Grocery Store. Good Hope originally featured the Rock-afire Explosion, as all other ShowBiz locations did. Good Hope would have it for a few years, until 1985, when the store would close due to being unprofitable and the show was removed and sent to [[Raleigh, NC (3501-131 Capital Blvd)|Raleigh]] (It would then undergo Concept Unification in 1991, and be removed in 2022). Good Hope would reopen as a franchised Chuck E. Cheese’s store, owned by the same franchisee as the three other stores in the area. Good Hope would feature a [[Balcony Stage]] until it would was replaced with [[Chuck E.'s House]] in around 1988, when they would also receive the [[1986 SPT Remodel Program]]. Good Hope was one of three ShowBiz Pizza stores to get this stage, the other two being [[White Settlement, TX (7750 Scott St)|White Settlement]] (Which got it after they reopened, like Good Hope) and [[Citrus Heights, CA (6251 Sunrise Blvd)|Citrus Heights]]. They would have it until sometime in 1994 when it is believed that they received the [[1994 SPT Repositioning / Remodel Program]] which involved the conversion of [[Chuck E.'s House]] to a 1-Stage. Good Hope would remain this way until the store was permanently closed a year later in 1995 for unknown reasons. The whole building, including the neighboring Kmart would then be demolished for a Home Depot for 2005, which closed in 2008. The site is now a Pick 'n Save. As of May 2023, Pick 'n Save is still in the building.
 == Stages ==
-Originally, Milwaukee (Good Hope Rd) featured a Rock-afire Explosion, as all other Showbiz locations did. In May/June 1988, they would remove the Rock-afire Explosion (They would then be sent to Raleigh for their opening in June 1988 and converted to CEC 3 years later in around 1991) for Chuck E.'s House. They would then convert Chuck E.'s House into a 1-Stage. They had the 1-Stage until the store's closure sometime in 1995. It is unknown what happened to the stage after Good Hope closed.
+Originally, Good Hope featured a Rock-afire Explosion, as all other Showbiz locations did. In 1985, Good Hope would close and would remove the Rock-afire Explosion. Good Hope reopened the same year with a Balcony Stage, and around 1988 would replace it with Chuck E.'s House. They would then convert Chuck E.'s House into a 1-Stage. They had the 1-Stage until the store's closure sometime in 1995. It is unknown what happened to the stage after Good Hope closed.
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 !Stage
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 |[[Classic Stage|Rock-afire Explosion]]
 |June 1981
-|May/June 1988
 |1st Showbiz to open in Wisconsin. Show sent to [[Raleigh, NC (3501-131 Capital Blvd)]] where it underwent Concept Unification around 3 years after the store's opening.
+|-
+|[[Balcony Stage]]
+|1985
+|
 |-
 |[[Chuck E.'s House]]
-|May/June 1988
+|1988
 |1994
-|One of three installed in Wisconsin, also one of three installed in a former Showbiz Pizza store.
+|One of three installed in Wisconsin, also one of three installed in a former ShowBiz Pizza Place.
 |-
 |[[1-Stage]]
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 |-
 |[[Chuck E Cheese (Cyberamic)]]
+|1980s
-|1988?
 |Unknown.
 |-
 |[[Guest Star / Helen Henny (Cyberamic)]]
+|1980s
-|1988?
 |Unknown.
 |-
 |[[Mr. Munch (Cyberamic)]]
+|1980s
-|1988?
 |Unknown.
 |-
 |[[Jasper T. Jowls (Cyberamic)]]
+|1980s
-|1988?
 |Unknown.
 |-
 |[[Pasqually (Cyberamic)]]
+|1980s
-|1988?
 |Unknown.
 |-
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 == Trivia ==
-* Milwaukee (Good Hope Rd)  was the 1st ShowBiz to open in Wisconsin. This was one of two Showbiz Pizza Stores to open up in Milwaukee. The other location was [[Milwaukee, WI (4595 S 27th St)]] which opened 2 months and 10 days later which was the 2nd Showbiz Pizza Store to open in the state. This was also one of two Chuck E. Cheese's locations located within the Milwaukee city limits (Excluding [[West Allis, WI (2990 South 108th Ave)|West Allis]]).
+* Good Hope was the 1st ShowBiz to open in Wisconsin. This was one of two ShowBiz Pizza Stores to open up in Milwaukee. The other location was [[Milwaukee, WI (4595 S 27th St)|Greenfield]] which opened 2 months and 10 days later and was the 2nd ShowBiz Pizza Store to open in the state. This was also one of two Chuck E. Cheese's locations located within the Milwaukee city limits (Excluding [[West Allis, WI (2990 South 108th Ave)|West Allis]]).
 * This was one of two locations to remove their 1-Stage before 1996 (The other was [[Warwick, RI (1245 Bald Hill Rd)|Warwick]] which closed on November 19th, 1994).