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'''''710 Downtowner Loop, Store #560,''''' |
'''''710 Downtowner Loop, Store #560,''''' was a ''Showbiz Pizza Place'' that opened on February 10, 1982, with a [[Classic Stage|Rock-Afire Explosion]] |
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==Stages== |
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This location housed The Rock-Afire Explosion until May 1991, when the show was retrofitted into Munch's Make Believe Band. |
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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. |
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This location was known for their tech in the 90s customizing their 3-Stage show and |
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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]]. |
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soon enough landing a job at Corporate. |
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==Stages== |
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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. |
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This location housed The Rock-A-Fire Explosion, Munch's Make Believe Band, and currently a Dance Floor. |
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By 2010, the tuxedo on Chuck E. was finally replaced with the new "Avenger" outfit. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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]]. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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=== Showbiz Pizza Advertisements === |
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===1980s=== |
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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> |
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On February 10th, 1982 Showbiz opens with at the time popular arcade games like Mrs. Pac-Man, they would regularly run Newspaper ads to offer free tokens and coupons |
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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. |
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Unfortunately, there aren't many known pictures or videos of this location in the 80s. |
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=== Remodels === |
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===Concept Unification and Brian Hagan=== |
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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. |
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In May 1991, The Rock-A-Fire Explosion is retrofitted into Munch's Make Believe Band. Antioch's mech was confirmed to have survived after CU, Billy Bob most likely being used for parts. |
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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. |
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In 1993, Brian Hagan is hired as a new tech and gives the entire 3-Stage stage a make over for a few Holidays and to fit the theme of Shows. Even going far as to create custom posters to put in the display boxes outside of the store. This garnered the attention from people at Corporate Office, hiring him at some point. |
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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. |
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The location received another remodel by April 1996 with record posters, planters, and rainbow lights. The "Crocodile Chuckee" poster from the previous remodel was briefly hung on stage right for the playroom stage. |
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=== July 22, 2023 Fire === |
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Around late 1998 - 1999, the show was converted back to a standard CU 3 stage. The backdrops were outsourced from SPT, the store's originals having been thrown away rather than stored. |
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On July 22, a fire allegedly started in the building.<ref>[[:File:Fiyah.png]]</ref> |
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=== Misc. === |
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Sometime after 2005, this store received the next remodel with purple walls and new signage. |
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* 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. |
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In 2013, Mobile had an expansion; completely redoing the entrance and frontal area, moving the salad bar, and even updating some of the characters. |
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* 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> |
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Toward the end of the show's life, the cyberstar computer blew out, not getting fixed until the 2.0 remodel, which took place in late October 2019. |
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* Sometime around June 2023, the store's street sign was removed. |
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==Videos== |
== Videos == |
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!Link |
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==Gallery== |
==Gallery== |
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<gallery> |
<gallery> |
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File:Free-tokens orig.jpg|Showbiz Pizza Advertisment |
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File:Mobile Alabama 1995.png|1995 |
File:Mobile Alabama 1995.png|1995 |
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File:Mobile Alabama InfoGroup.jpg| |
File:Mobile Alabama InfoGroup.jpg|After 2005 |
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File:Chuck E Cheese's, Mobile.jpg| |
File:Chuck E Cheese's, Mobile.jpg|2018 |
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File:Mobile Alabama May 2022.png|2022 |
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File:Mobile 90s.jpg|Early 90s |
File:Mobile 90s.jpg|Early 90s |
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File:Mobile, AL 2007.jpg|2007 |
File:Mobile, AL 2007.jpg|2007 |
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==Animatronics== |
==Animatronics== |
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!Animatronic |
!Animatronic |
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!Serial |
!Serial |
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!Whereabouts |
!Whereabouts |
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|[[Rolfe Dewolfe & Earl Schmerle (Animatronic)|Chuck E. Cheese / Rolfe DeWolfe]] |
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|Rolfe |
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|7-81 1-5 |
|7-81 1-5 |
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|Destroyed |
|Destroyed |
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|[[Dook Larue (Animatronic)|Pasqually / Dook Larue]] |
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|Dook |
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|7-81 2-5 |
|7-81 2-5 |
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|Destroyed |
|Destroyed |
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|[[Fatz Geronimo (Animatronic)|Mr. Munch / Fatz Geronimo]] |
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|Fatz |
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|7-81 3-5 |
|7-81 3-5 |
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|Destroyed |
|Destroyed |
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|[[Beach Bear (Animatronic)|Jasper T. Jowls / Beach Bear]] |
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|Beach Bear |
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|7-81 4-5 |
|7-81 4-5 |
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|Destroyed |
| Destroyed |
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|[[Mitzi Mozzarella (Animatronic)|Helen Henny / Mitzi Mozzarella]] |
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|Mitzi |
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|7-81 5-5 |
|7-81 5-5 |
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|Destroyed |
|Destroyed |
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|[[Billy Bob (Animatronic)|Billy Bob]] |
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|Prop bots |
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|7-81 |
|7-81 6-5 |
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|Unknown |
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|[[Looney Bird (Animatronic)|Pizzacam / Looney Bird]] |
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|7-81 7-5 |
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|Sold to a fan by Snapper Ard |
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|[[Choo Choo (Animatronic)|Munch Jr. / Choo Choo]] |
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|7-81 8-5 |
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|Unknown |
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|[[Sun (Animatronic)|Building / Sun]] |
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|7-81 10-5 |
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|Sold to a fan by Snapper Ard |
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|[[Moon (Animatronic)|Moon]] |
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|7-81 11-5 |
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|Sold to fans by Snapper Ard |
|Sold to fans by Snapper Ard |
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|[[Antioch (Animatronic)|Antioch]] |
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|N/A |
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|Unknown |
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|[[Wink]] |
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|N/A |
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|Destroyed |
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== Walkarounds == |
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!Head |
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!Outfits & Suits |
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!Accessories |
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!Whereabouts |
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|[[Chuck 1994 (Costume Head)]] |
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|[[Chuck Tux 1 93 (Costume Outfit)]] |
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|Large Cowboy Hat, [[Chuck Fur Paw Gloves (Costume Accessory)]], [[Chuck Rat Feet 2 (Costume Accessory)]] |
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|Unknown |
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|[[Chuck 2000 (Costume Head)]] |
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|[[Chuck "Cool Chuck" Attire (Costume Outfit)]] |
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|[[Chuck Long Fur Arms (Costume Accessory)]], Chuck Vinyl Paw Gloves |
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|Unknown |
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|[[Chuck 2005 (Costume Head)]] |
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|Chuck Avenger Attire (Costume Outfit) |
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|[[Chuck Short Fur Vinyl Gloves (Costume Accessory)]], [[Chuck 05 Avenger Shoes (Costume Accessory)]] |
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|Unknown |
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== References == |
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Latest revision as of 19:53, 21 January 2024
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 |
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| link | Vegas Set | 1995 |
| link | Vegas Set #2 | 1995 |
| link | Winter Stage | 1995 |
| link | Playroom Set | 1996 |
| link | Together We Got It (2017) | 2017 |
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Animatronics
| Animatronic | Serial | Whereabouts |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
