Naperville, IL (1154 E Ogden Ave)

1154 East Ogden Avenue, Store #97 was a Showbiz Pizza/Chuck E. Cheese that opened on April 4, 1983 as a Corporate Showbiz Pizza Place with a Rock-Afire Explosion and closed on March 1, 2015 with a Studio C Alpha.

It should not be confused with the new Naperville location which opened on March 9th, 2015 with the Circles of Light stage and is still open to this day.

History

Naperville opened its doors on April 4th, 1983 with a Rock-afire Explosion show. It was originally a corporate-owned store. Like many other Showbiz Pizza locations, it had a typical SPP layout seen in many other stores across the United States and would eventually receive the 1988 remodel years after it would open in 1988-1989 removing older SPP decor for newer SPP decor, and changing the Billy Bob stage. Unfortunately, very little documentation exists back in the ShowBiz Pizza era.

In around 1991, Naperville received Concept Unification which converted the show to Munch's Make Believe Band with a new exterior and removing al SPP decor for CU decor, adding Blue and White awnings above the salad bar, and added checkers around and outside the store. By the Mid 1990's, Naperville received the Phase 1 remodel which removed some early 90's decor and added new decor, added SkyTubes in place of the ball pit, and also an exterior change. The 3-Stage was removed for the Studio C Alpha in 2000. Naperville remained this way until sometime in 2006-2007 when they received the 2005 Remodel (Phase 4) which involved removing the Showroom Walls, Balcony Seating, relocating the stage, and also removing some older 90's decor. Naperville would remain like this until March 1st, 2015 when they relocated to the Illinois Route 59 location for unknown reasons, probably due to parking or lease issues. After relocation, Naperville would remain abandoned for a few months until in 2016 when they would become a HomeWerks house renovating/furniture store. As of March 2023, the HomeWerks is still here.

Stages

Naperville opened with the Rock afire Explosion in April 1983. Unfortunately, there are hardly photos or videos to exist of Naperville with the Rock afire, or as a Showbiz in general.

In 1991, Naperville received Concept Unification, converting the Rock afire into Munch’s Make Believe Band.

In 2000, Naperville removed the 3-Stage for the Studio C Alpha stage.

The store relocated in March 2015.

Stage	Installed	Removed	Notes
Rock-Afire Explosion	April 1983	1991	11th Showbiz Pizza Store to open in Illinois.
3-Stage	1991	2000	One of 10 Showbiz Pizza stores in Illinois to undergo Concept Unification.
Studio C Alpha	2000	March 2015	One of 4 Alphas in Illinois.

Animatronics

Character	Serial	Status
Chuck E. Cheese / Rolfe DeWolfe	10-82 1-1	Unknown/Destroyed.
Pasqually / Dook Larue	10-82 2-1	Unknown/Destroyed.
Mr. Munch / Fatz Geronimo	10-82 3-1	Unknown/Destroyed.
Jasper T. Jowls / Beach Bear	10-82 4-1	Unknown/Destroyed.
Helen Henny / Mitzi Mozzarella	10-82 5-1	Unknown/Destroyed.
Billy Bob	10-82 6-1	Unknown/Destroyed.
Pizzacam / Looney Bird	10-82 7-1	Unknown/Destroyed.
Munch Jr. / Choo Choo	10-82 8-1	Unknown/Destroyed.
Building / Sun	10-82 10-1	Unknown/Destroyed.
Moon	10-82 11-1	Unknown/Destroyed.
Antioch	N/A	Unknown/Destroyed.
Wink	N/A	Unknown/Destroyed.
Chuck E. Cheese 32m (Animatronic)	Unknown	Destroyed.
Bird (Animatronic)	N/A	Destroyed.
Pizza Time Clock	N/A	Destroyed.
Pizza Phone	N/A	Destroyed.

Videos

Link	Description	Filming Date	Publish Date