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710 Downtowner Loop, Store #560, is a Chuck E. Cheese's located in Mobile, Alabama.

Stages

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. (Playroom Stage, Vegas Stage, Winter Stage) However, Brian was picked up by CEC's Entertainment Department in 1996. Therefore, he had to leave the store.^[1] The show immediately fell back into a terrible condition.

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.

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.^[2] 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.

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.


Stage	Installed	Removed
Rock-Afire Explosion	February 10th, 1982	May 1991
3-Stage	May 1991	Fall 2019
Dance Floor	Fall 2019	Still In Use

History

1980s

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

May 1991 - The Rock-A-Fire Explosion is retrofitted into Munch's Make Believe Band.

1996 - Location remodels to latest style.

2000s

2005 - Store receives "Cool Chuck Remodel".

April 2010 - Store is expanded, removing most of the original Showbiz counters and taking over a few parking spaces.

Animatronics


Animatronic	Serial	Whereabouts
Chuck E. Cheese/Rolfe DeWolfe	7-81 1-5	Destroyed
Pasqually the Chef/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 Mozzerella	7-81 5-5	Destroyed
Billy Bob	7-81 6-5	Unknown
Prop Animatronics (Sun, Moon, Looney Bird)	7-81 #-5	Sold to fans by Snapper Ard

Gallery

1995
After 2005
2018
2022
Early 90s
2007
April 21, 2010
April 21, 2010
April 21, 2010
April 21, 2010
April 21, 2010 (pre-expansion)
June 2012
2010's
July 30, 2015
December 31, 2015
February 17, 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
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

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

Trivia

Mobile was the first ShowBiz Pizza Place in Alabama with Huntsville opening less than 4 months later.
Mobile was one of seven ShowBiz locations in Alabama to be converted into Chuck E. Cheese. The other six are Huntsville, Montgomery, Birmingham, Birmingham (Roebuck), Dothan, & Sheffield. The other three ShowBiz locations Tuscaloosa, Cullman, & Midfield closed in December 1985 (Tuscaloosa), & April 1986 (Cullman & Midfield) respectively as they were the only three not to make it to Concept Unification.

References

[1] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mqJMsr_PLU

[2] ttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nac2M3A0aN4

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 * Mobile was the first ShowBiz Pizza Place in Alabama with Huntsville opening less than 4 months later.
-* 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.
+* 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 three not to make it to Concept Unification.
 == References ==