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'''''710 Downtowner Loop, Store #560,''''' is a ''Chuck E. Cheese's'' located in Mobile, Alabama.
'''''710 Downtowner Loop, Store #560,''''' was a ''Showbiz Pizza Place'' that opened on February 10, 1982, with a [[Classic Stage|Rock-Afire Explosion]]
==Stages==
==Stages==
This location housed The Rock-Afire Explosion until May 1991, when the show was retrofitted into Munch's Make Believe Band.
This location housed The Rock-A-Fire Explosion. Not much is known about their Rock-Afire in specific other than Antioch's lift surviving. Other than that, The show was retrofitted into Munch's Make Believe Band in May 1991. However, the show got into terrible condition by 1993. In 1993 Brian Hagan is hired as tech and majorly improves the decrepit condition the show was in. He also makes new improvements to the show's theming. ([[CU Mobile Playroom Stage|Playroom Stage]], [[CU Mobile Vegas Stage|Vegas Stage]], [[CU Mobile Winter '95 Stage|Winter Stage]]) However, Brian was picked up by CEC's Entertainment Department in 1996. Therefore, he had to leave the store.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mqJMsr_PLU</ref> The show immediately fell back into a terrible condition.


Sometime around 1993, the [[3-Stage]] was beyond repair, however a new hire, Brian Hagan, was hired as a technician and majorly improved the decrepit condition the show was in. Brian was employed at the location until being contacted by Showbiz Pizza Time in 1996 and relocating to Dallas, Texas<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mqJMsr_PLU</ref>. The reason for his departure was because of the many improvements he'd made to his district, notably customizing Mobile's stage setup three times throughout 1995 and 1996.
By 2002, the playroom retrofit was turned back into the standard 3-Stage but with some things being untouched like Pasqually's position, Jaspers can, and Chuck E's base. All of their outfits were changed into the standard 3-Stage look. The backdrops were sourced from SPT, the store's originals having been thrown away rather than stored. At an unknown point after 2002 Chuck E's base is replaced with the regular black one.


The first of these customizations was the [[Vegas Stage (Mobile, AL)|Vegas Stage]]. At first, it was small quality-of-life improvements and making the show look better. Later on, it became its own concept. Afterward was a [[Winter Stage (Mobile, AL)|Winter Stage]] retrofit Brian also made use of Antioch's tolomatic lift, children's toys, and customized a tuxedo for Chuck E. Cheese for the [[Playroom Stage (Mobile, AL)|Playroom Stage]].
Before 2010, the tuxedo on Chuck E. is finally replaced with the newer Avenger outfit. In April 2012 Snapper Ard, a fan, does maintenance on the show and removes the prop characters.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nac2M3A0aN4</ref> The again the show fell into terrible condition, but not as bad as the last two as it was able to recover in 2016 when more maintenance is done and Chuck E's shirt is changed to the current Rockstar outfit.


In 1992, the Playroom Stage retrofit began being retrofitted back into the standard 3-Stage look but with some things being untouched like Pasqually's position, Jasper's can, and Chuck E's base. All of the characters' outfits were also reverted. The backdrops were sourced from SPT, the store's originals having been thrown away rather than stored. At an unknown point after 2002, Chuck E's base was replaced with the regular black one.
The Cyberstar broke a few times after 2016, leaving them static. The issue was always fixed relatively quickly until October 2019, when the show was removed and trashed for the Dance Floor.

{| class="wikitable"
By 2010, the tuxedo on Chuck E. was finally replaced with the new "Avenger" outfit.
|+

!Stage
In April 2012 Snapper Ard does maintenance on the show and later sold off the prop characters.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nac2M3A0aN4</ref> The animatronics started to fall into disrepair shortly after his departure but was able to be recovered in 2016, around the same time they gave Chuck E. the "Rockstar" shirt.
!Installed

!Removed
The [[Cyberstar (disambiguation)|Cyberstar]] broke shortly before the 3-Stage was removed in October 2019, making the location to have the first [[Chuck E. Live Stage (Dance Floor)|Dance Floor]] installed in Alabama.
|-

|[[Classic Stage|Rock-Afire Explosion]]
The showroom would be called mediocre by many due to only having the art of Chuck E. Cheese and Helen Henny in the area and then having two screens between. This would finally be changed sometime in June 2023 when the store received the [[Video Wall]].
|February 10th, 1982
|May 1991
|-
|[[Concept Unification Stage|3-Stage]]
|May 1991
|Fall 2019
|-
|[[Chuck E. Live Stage (Dance Floor)|Dance Floor]]
|Fall 2019
|Still In Use
|}
==History==
==History==


=== Showbiz Pizza Advertisements ===
===1980s===
Before Showbiz Pizza opened in Mobile an advertisement was run in the local newspapers that advertised Showbiz coming soon to Mobile, Alabama.<ref>[[:File:Coming-soon-3-14-82.jpg]]</ref> This advertisement would be subject to an infamous edit over 35 years later that depicted Freddy Fazbear from Five Nights At Freddy's in the place of Billy Bob, this time advertising Freddy Fazbear's Pizza.<ref>[[:File:Freddyatmobile.png]]</ref>


On February 10, 1982 ''the'' Mobile Showbiz Pizza opened to the public and was located near the competing Pizza Time Theatre at [[Mobile, AL (4685 Airport Blvd)|''4685 Airport Blvd'']]. When the Pizza Time Theatre closed permanently in February 1984, Showbiz Pizza ran advertisements that say that they'd honor guest's PTT tokens and or coupons at their location.
* February 10th, 1982 - Opens with at the time popular arcade games like Mrs. Pac-Man, they would regularly run Newspaper ads to offer free tokens and coupons. Unfortunately, there aren't many known pictures or videos of this location in the 80s.


===1990s===
=== Remodels ===
Sometime during [[Concept Unification]] the location was remodeled for the first time during the [[1986 SPT Remodel Program]] in 1991. The location was remodeled once again in 1996 during the [[1994 SPT Repositioning / Remodel Program|1994 SPT Repositioning Initiative]] and also received [[Phase 1 (1994)|Phase I]]. Afterwards, the store received [[Phase 2 (1997)|Phase II]] and [[Phase 3 (2000)|Phase III]] in-around their respective dates.


In 2005 the location is updated during the [[2003 "Cool Chuck" Reconfiguration / Major Remodel Initiative|2003 "Cool Chuck" Remodel Initiative]]. In April 2010 store's skills area and entrance is expanded, taking over existing parking spaces in front of the building. During expansion, a temporary entrance was made between the skills and kiddie area, which had most of its games moved out of the way.
* May 1991 - The Rock-A-Fire Explosion is retrofitted into Munch's Make Believe Band.


This location began to remodel in October of 2019, first painting the exterior white and then removing the 3-Stage. The rest of the interior was finished before 2020 and the exterior wasn't finished until a few months after the fact, most likely due to COVID19.
* 1996 - Location remodels to latest style.


===2000s===
=== July 22, 2023 Fire ===
On July 22, a fire allegedly started in the building.<ref>[[:File:Fiyah.png]]</ref>


=== Misc. ===
* 2005 - Store receives "Cool Chuck Remodel".


* When the store was remodeled in 2005 they received [[CEC Warhol - Quad (CEC Décor)|CEC Pop-Art]] but was missing the fourth one that was supposed to come with it ever since.
* April 2010 - Store is expanded, removing most of the original Showbiz counters and taking over a few parking spaces.


* On May 19, 2011, a Geocache named "Chuck E Cheese Geo to JAPAN" is created with the intent of sending a Chuck E. Cheese plushie location to Japan. On June 7, 2011, the Plush toy was last seen in a photo with the Chuck E. Cheese walkaround at the Mobile, AL Chuck E. Cheese's.<ref>https://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=3534246</ref>
==Animatronics==
* Sometime around June 2023, the store's street sign was removed.

== Videos ==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Link
|+
!Description
!Animatronic
!Filming Date
!Serial
!Whereabouts
|-
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhkhqtKBkKM link]
|Chuck E. Cheese/Rolfe DeWolfe
|Vegas Set
|7-81 1-5
|1995
|Destroyed
|-
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PPfXZrbgHg link]
|Pasqually the Chef/Dook LaRue
|Vegas Set #2
|7-81 2-5
|1995
|Destroyed
|-
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV9DN9tLWzM link]
|Mr Munch/Fatz Geronimo
|Winter Stage
|7-81 3-5
|1995
|Destroyed
|-
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho-zMfBCH0k link]
|Jasper T. Jowls/Beach Bear
|Playroom Set
|7-81 4-5
|1996
| Destroyed
|-
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m44Y44S2lk link]
|Helen Henny/Mitzi Mozzerella
|Together We Got It (2017)
|7-81 5-5
|2017
|Destroyed
|-
|Billy Bob
|7-81 6-5
|Unknown
|-
|Prop Animatronics (Sun, Moon, Looney Bird)
|7-81 #-5
|Sold to fans by Snapper Ard
|}
|}


==Gallery ==
==Gallery==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Free-tokens orig.jpg|Showbiz Pizza Advertisment
File:Mobile Alabama 1995.png|1995
File:Mobile Alabama 1995.png|1995
File:Mobile Alabama InfoGroup.jpg|After 2005
File:Mobile Alabama InfoGroup.jpg|After 2005
File:Chuck E Cheese's, Mobile.jpg|2018
File:Chuck E Cheese's, Mobile.jpg|2018
File:Mobile Alabama May 2022.png|2022
File:Mobile 90s.jpg|Early 90s
File:Mobile 90s.jpg|Early 90s
File:Mobile, AL 2007.jpg|2007
File:Mobile, AL 2007.jpg|2007
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</gallery>
</gallery>


==Videos==
==Animatronics==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Animatronic
!Link
!Serial
!Description
!Whereabouts
!Filming Date
|-
|-
|[[Rolfe Dewolfe & Earl Schmerle (Animatronic)|Chuck E. Cheese / Rolfe DeWolfe]]
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhkhqtKBkKM link]
|7-81 1-5
|Vegas Set
|Destroyed
|1995
|-
|-
|[[Dook Larue (Animatronic)|Pasqually / Dook Larue]]
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PPfXZrbgHg link]
|7-81 2-5
|Vegas Set #2
|Destroyed
|1995
|-
|-
|[[Fatz Geronimo (Animatronic)|Mr. Munch / Fatz Geronimo]]
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV9DN9tLWzM link]
|7-81 3-5
|Winter Stage
|Destroyed
|1995
|-
|-
|[[Beach Bear (Animatronic)|Jasper T. Jowls / Beach Bear]]
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho-zMfBCH0k link]
|7-81 4-5
|Playroom Set
| Destroyed
|1996
|-
|-
|[[Mitzi Mozzarella (Animatronic)|Helen Henny / Mitzi Mozzarella]]
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m44Y44S2lk link]
|7-81 5-5
|Together We Got It (2017)
|Destroyed
|2017
|-
|[[Billy Bob (Animatronic)|Billy Bob]]
|7-81 6-5
|Unknown
|-
|[[Looney Bird (Animatronic)|Pizzacam / Looney Bird]]
|7-81 7-5
|Sold to a fan by Snapper Ard
|-
|[[Choo Choo (Animatronic)|Munch Jr. / Choo Choo]]
|7-81 8-5
|Unknown
|-
|[[Sun (Animatronic)|Building / Sun]]
|7-81 10-5
|Sold to a fan by Snapper Ard
|-
|[[Moon (Animatronic)|Moon]]
|7-81 11-5
|Sold to fans by Snapper Ard
|-
|[[Antioch (Animatronic)|Antioch]]
|N/A
|Unknown
|-
|[[Wink]]
|N/A
|Destroyed
|}
|}


==Trivia==
== Walkarounds ==
{| class="wikitable"

|+
* Mobile was the first ShowBiz Pizza Place in Alabama with Huntsville opening less than 4 months later.
!Head
* Mobile was one of seven ShowBiz locations in Alabama to be converted into Chuck E. Cheese. The other six are [[Huntsville, AL (1220 Jordan Lane)|Huntsville]], [[Montgomery, AL (2940 E South Blvd)|Montgomery]], [[Birmingham, AL (500 Old Town Rd)|Birmingham]], [[Birmingham (Roebuck), AL (9325 Parkway East)|Birmingham (Roebuck)]], [[Dothan, AL (3400 Ross Clark Circle)|Dothan]], & [[Sheffield, AL (4700 Hatch Blvd)|Sheffield]]. The other three ShowBiz locations [[Tuscaloosa, AL (1335 McFarland Blvd)|Tuscaloosa]], [[Cullman, AL (210 2nd Ave)|Cullman]], & [[Midfield, AL (34 Phillips Dr)|Midfield]] closed in December 1985 (Tuscaloosa), & April 1986 (Cullman & Midfield) respectively as they were the only two not to make it to Concept Unification.
!Outfits & Suits
!Accessories
!Whereabouts
|-
|[[Chuck 1994 (Costume Head)]]
|[[Chuck Tux 1 93 (Costume Outfit)]]
|Large Cowboy Hat, [[Chuck Fur Paw Gloves (Costume Accessory)]], [[Chuck Rat Feet 2 (Costume Accessory)]]
|Unknown
|-
|[[Chuck 2000 (Costume Head)]]
|[[Chuck "Cool Chuck" Attire (Costume Outfit)]]
|[[Chuck Long Fur Arms (Costume Accessory)]], Chuck Vinyl Paw Gloves
|Unknown
|-
|[[Chuck 2005 (Costume Head)]]
|Chuck Avenger Attire (Costume Outfit)
|[[Chuck Short Fur Vinyl Gloves (Costume Accessory)]], [[Chuck 05 Avenger Shoes (Costume Accessory)]]
|Unknown
|}


== References ==
== References ==

Latest revision as of 19:53, 21 January 2024

The location as of May 2022

710 Downtowner Loop, Store #560, was a Showbiz Pizza Place that opened on February 10, 1982, with a Rock-Afire Explosion

Stages

This location housed The Rock-Afire Explosion until May 1991, when the show was retrofitted into Munch's Make Believe Band.

Sometime around 1993, the 3-Stage was beyond repair, however a new hire, Brian Hagan, was hired as a technician and majorly improved the decrepit condition the show was in. Brian was employed at the location until being contacted by Showbiz Pizza Time in 1996 and relocating to Dallas, Texas[1]. The reason for his departure was because of the many improvements he'd made to his district, notably customizing Mobile's stage setup three times throughout 1995 and 1996.

The first of these customizations was the Vegas Stage. At first, it was small quality-of-life improvements and making the show look better. Later on, it became its own concept. Afterward was a Winter Stage retrofit Brian also made use of Antioch's tolomatic lift, children's toys, and customized a tuxedo for Chuck E. Cheese for the Playroom Stage.

In 1992, the Playroom Stage retrofit began being retrofitted back into the standard 3-Stage look but with some things being untouched like Pasqually's position, Jasper's can, and Chuck E's base. All of the characters' outfits were also reverted. The backdrops were sourced from SPT, the store's originals having been thrown away rather than stored. At an unknown point after 2002, Chuck E's base was replaced with the regular black one.

By 2010, the tuxedo on Chuck E. was finally replaced with the new "Avenger" outfit.

In April 2012 Snapper Ard does maintenance on the show and later sold off the prop characters.[2] The animatronics started to fall into disrepair shortly after his departure but was able to be recovered in 2016, around the same time they gave Chuck E. the "Rockstar" shirt.

The Cyberstar broke shortly before the 3-Stage was removed in October 2019, making the location to have the first Dance Floor installed in Alabama.

The showroom would be called mediocre by many due to only having the art of Chuck E. Cheese and Helen Henny in the area and then having two screens between. This would finally be changed sometime in June 2023 when the store received the Video Wall.

History

Showbiz Pizza Advertisements

Before Showbiz Pizza opened in Mobile an advertisement was run in the local newspapers that advertised Showbiz coming soon to Mobile, Alabama.[3] This advertisement would be subject to an infamous edit over 35 years later that depicted Freddy Fazbear from Five Nights At Freddy's in the place of Billy Bob, this time advertising Freddy Fazbear's Pizza.[4]

On February 10, 1982 the Mobile Showbiz Pizza opened to the public and was located near the competing Pizza Time Theatre at 4685 Airport Blvd. When the Pizza Time Theatre closed permanently in February 1984, Showbiz Pizza ran advertisements that say that they'd honor guest's PTT tokens and or coupons at their location.

Remodels

Sometime during Concept Unification the location was remodeled for the first time during the 1986 SPT Remodel Program in 1991. The location was remodeled once again in 1996 during the 1994 SPT Repositioning Initiative and also received Phase I. Afterwards, the store received Phase II and Phase III in-around their respective dates.

In 2005 the location is updated during the 2003 "Cool Chuck" Remodel Initiative. In April 2010 store's skills area and entrance is expanded, taking over existing parking spaces in front of the building. During expansion, a temporary entrance was made between the skills and kiddie area, which had most of its games moved out of the way.

This location began to remodel in October of 2019, first painting the exterior white and then removing the 3-Stage. The rest of the interior was finished before 2020 and the exterior wasn't finished until a few months after the fact, most likely due to COVID19.

July 22, 2023 Fire

On July 22, a fire allegedly started in the building.[5]

Misc.

  • When the store was remodeled in 2005 they received CEC Pop-Art but was missing the fourth one that was supposed to come with it ever since.
  • On May 19, 2011, a Geocache named "Chuck E Cheese Geo to JAPAN" is created with the intent of sending a Chuck E. Cheese plushie location to Japan. On June 7, 2011, the Plush toy was last seen in a photo with the Chuck E. Cheese walkaround at the Mobile, AL Chuck E. Cheese's.[6]
  • Sometime around June 2023, the store's street sign was removed.

Videos

Link Description Filming Date
link Vegas Set 1995
link Vegas Set #2 1995
link Winter Stage 1995
link Playroom Set 1996
link Together We Got It (2017) 2017

Gallery

  • Showbiz Pizza Advertisment

    Showbiz Pizza Advertisment

  • 1995

    1995

  • After 2005

    After 2005

  • 2018

    2018

  • Early 90s

    Early 90s

  • 2007

    2007

  • April 21, 2010

    April 21, 2010

  • April 21, 2010

    April 21, 2010

  • April 21, 2010

    April 21, 2010

  • April 21, 2010

    April 21, 2010

  • April 21, 2010 (pre-expansion)

    April 21, 2010 (pre-expansion)

  • June 2012

    June 2012

  • 2010's

    2010's

  • July 30, 2015

    July 30, 2015

  • December 31, 2015

    December 31, 2015

  • February 17, 2016

    February 17, 2016

  • March 19, 2016

    March 19, 2016

  • November 6, 2016

    November 6, 2016

  • November 6, 2016

    November 6, 2016

  • November 6, 2016

    November 6, 2016

  • November 6, 2016

    November 6, 2016

  • November 6, 2016

    November 6, 2016

  • November 6, 2016

    November 6, 2016

  • November 6, 2016

    November 6, 2016

  • September 21, 2019

    September 21, 2019

  • September 21, 2019

    September 21, 2019

  • September 21, 2019

    September 21, 2019

  • September 21, 2019

    September 21, 2019

  • September 21, 2019

    September 21, 2019

  • September 21, 2019

    September 21, 2019

  • September 21, 2019

    September 21, 2019

  • September 21, 2019

    September 21, 2019

  • September 21, 2019

    September 21, 2019

  • September 21, 2019

    September 21, 2019

  • September 21, 2019

    September 21, 2019

  • September 21, 2019

    September 21, 2019

  • September 21, 2019

    September 21, 2019

  • September 21, 2019

    September 21, 2019

  • October 14, 2019

    October 14, 2019

  • October 14, 2019

    October 14, 2019

  • October 14, 2019

    October 14, 2019

  • October 14, 2019

    October 14, 2019

  • October 14, 2019

    October 14, 2019

Animatronics

Animatronic Serial Whereabouts
Chuck E. Cheese / Rolfe DeWolfe 7-81 1-5 Destroyed
Pasqually / Dook Larue 7-81 2-5 Destroyed
Mr. Munch / Fatz Geronimo 7-81 3-5 Destroyed
Jasper T. Jowls / Beach Bear 7-81 4-5 Destroyed
Helen Henny / Mitzi Mozzarella 7-81 5-5 Destroyed
Billy Bob 7-81 6-5 Unknown
Pizzacam / Looney Bird 7-81 7-5 Sold to a fan by Snapper Ard
Munch Jr. / Choo Choo 7-81 8-5 Unknown
Building / Sun 7-81 10-5 Sold to a fan by Snapper Ard
Moon 7-81 11-5 Sold to fans by Snapper Ard
Antioch N/A Unknown
Wink N/A Destroyed

Walkarounds

Head Outfits & Suits Accessories Whereabouts
Chuck 1994 (Costume Head) Chuck Tux 1 93 (Costume Outfit) Large Cowboy Hat, Chuck Fur Paw Gloves (Costume Accessory), Chuck Rat Feet 2 (Costume Accessory) Unknown
Chuck 2000 (Costume Head) Chuck "Cool Chuck" Attire (Costume Outfit) Chuck Long Fur Arms (Costume Accessory), Chuck Vinyl Paw Gloves Unknown
Chuck 2005 (Costume Head) Chuck Avenger Attire (Costume Outfit) Chuck Short Fur Vinyl Gloves (Costume Accessory), Chuck 05 Avenger Shoes (Costume Accessory) Unknown

References

  1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mqJMsr_PLU
  2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nac2M3A0aN4
  3. ↑ File:Coming-soon-3-14-82.jpg
  4. ↑ File:Freddyatmobile.png
  5. ↑ File:Fiyah.png
  6. ↑ https://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=3534246
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