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[[File:Whitehall PA Chuck E Cheese exterior .jpg|thumb|A photo of the exterior taken on January 17, 2022]]
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'''''1000 Lehigh Valley Mall, Store #448''''' was a ''Showbiz Pizza Place'' that opened on December 16, 1983 as a Franchised location with a [[Classic Stage|Rock-Afire Explosion]].
'''''Whitehall, PA (1000 Lehigh Valley Mall), Store #448''''' was a ''Showbiz Pizza Place'' that opened on December 16, 1983 as a franchised location with a [[Classic Stage|Rock-afire Explosion]]. The store is located in a freestanding building right outside of the Lehigh Valley Mall.


As of April 2024, this location has the 2.0 remodel.
== History ==
Whitehall opened its doors on December 16th, 1983 as the last Showbiz Pizza store in Pennsylvania. Like many other ShowBiz Pizza locations, it had a typical SPP layout (Except that the show was on the right side wall opposed to being on the back wall) seen in many other stores across the United States and would eventually receive the 1988 remodel years after it would open. Although some little documentation exists back in the ShowBiz days, it can be determined that Whitehall was one of several locations to receive an Uncle Klunk show package (and a Santa Claus retrofit package as well) sometime after opening. Like many ShowBiz locations in the late 1980s, Whitehall received the Showbiz Pizza Campground upgrade. the location made the decision to close in 1989 before the 1988 Remodel; explanation: [https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1989-10-15-2721153-story.html]. On January 16th, 1990, Whitehall was acquired by Corporate. Whitehall then underwent Concept Unification in around 1991, converting the RockAfire Explosion into Munch's Make Believe Band. In late 2010 the store remodeled to house the new [[Concept Unification 1-Stage]] (Which was one of three installed and was the first one to install it. The other two were located at the [[Springfield, IL (2369 McArthur Ave)|Springfield, IL]] & [[Columbus, GA (3201 Macon Rd)|Columbus, GA]]) which involved expanding the gameroom and moving the show to the back wall. As of today, the location is still in operation with the CU-1 stage and is getting the 2.0 remodel on June 27th, 2023.


==Stages==
==Stages==
Originally, Whitehall featured a Rock-Afire Explosion (Which was originally from the [[Abilene, TX (1874 S Clack St)|Abilene, TX]] Showbiz that closed not long before then), as all other Showbiz locations did. Unfortunately, there are some photos but no videos to exist of Whitehall with the Rock afire, or as a ShowBiz in general. they got Concept Unification sometime between 1991-1992. In 2010 they remodeled to have the Concept Unification 1-Stage. Chuck is currently wearing the avenger shirt and jeans, and the rest of the band has the usual cosmetics minus Helen loosing her flower in 2018.
Originally, Whitehall featured a Rock-afire Explosion which was originally from the [[Abilene, TX (1874 S Clack St)|Abilene, TX]] Showbiz that closed not long before then, as all other Showbiz locations at the time did. Unfortunately, there are some photos but no videos to exist of Whitehall with the Rock afire, or as a ShowBiz in general. they got [[Concept Unification]] sometime between 1991 and 1992.

In 2010 they remodeled to have the characters on one stage, this would be called the [[Concept Unification 1-Stage]] by fans. Chuck is was wearing the avenger shirt and jeans, and the rest of the band has the usual cosmetics minus Helen loosing her flower in 2018. On July 12, 2023, the stage was removed as apart of the location receiving the 2.0 remodel and was replaced with the Dance Floor and Video Wall.
==History ==
Whitehall opened its doors on December 16th, 1983 as the last Showbiz Pizza store in Pennsylvania, in a freestanding building right outside of the Lehigh Valley Mall. Like many other ShowBiz Pizza locations, it had a typical SPP layout (Except that the show was on the right side wall opposed to being on the back wall) seen in many other stores across the United States and would eventually receive the 1988 remodel years after it would open. Although some little documentation exists back in the ShowBiz days, it can be determined that Whitehall was one of several locations to receive an Uncle Klunk show package (and a Santa Claus retrofit package as well) sometime after opening. Like many ShowBiz locations in the late 1980s, Whitehall received the Showbiz Pizza Campground upgrade. The store eventually made the decision to close in 1989 before the 1988 Remodel.<ref>https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1989-10-15-2721153-story.html</ref> On January 16th, 1990, Whitehall was acquired by Corporate. Whitehall then underwent Concept Unification in around 1991, converting the RockAfire Explosion into Munch's Make Believe Band. In late 2010 the store remodeled to house the new [[Concept Unification 1-Stage]] (Which was one of three installed and was the first one to install it. The other two were located at the [[Springfield, IL (2369 McArthur Ave)|Springfield, IL]] & [[Columbus, GA (3201 Macon Rd)|Columbus, GA]]) which involved expanding the gameroom and moving the show to the back wall. By early July 2023, the store would begin its 2.0 remodel, removing the stage by July 12th. They had it's grand reopening of the store 2 months later on September 7th, 2023.

== Video ==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!Link
|+
!Description
!Stage
!Date Filmed
!Intalled
!Date Published
!Removed
!Notes
|-
|-
|[https://youtu.be/I2gjOehdC4g Link]
|[[Classic Stage|RockAfire Explosion]]
|Chuck E Cheese Whitehall April 2009 Segment 1
|1984
|April 2009
|1991
|Apr 13, 2019
|Last Showbiz Pizza store to open in Pennsylvania. Show from [[Abilene, TX (1874 S Clack St)]].
|-
|-
|[https://youtu.be/v-BpO3-4YF8 Link]
|[[Concept Unification Stage|3-Stage]]
|Chuck E Cheese Whitehall April 2009 Segment 2
|1991
|April 2009
|Late 2010
|Apr 28, 2019
|One of 3 Showbiz locations in Pennsylvania to receive Concept Unification.

|-
|-
|[https://youtu.be/hKnrZZIFuR0 Link]
|[[Concept Unification 1-Stage|CU 1-Stage]]
|Chuck E Cheese Whitehall April 2009 show segment 4
|Late 2010
|April 2009
|Still in Use
|Mar 9, 2011
| One of three installed in-store.
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNEhR2aXYIs&t=0s&ab_channel=LilPnutDollMom526 Link]
|The Animatronics during the CU-1 Stage Installation
|2010
|Sep 23, 2010
|-
|[https://youtu.be/5Dg80YCpPIw Link]
|Whitehall Chuck E Cheese - January 2012 segment 1
|January 28th, 2012
|May 29, 2020
|-
|[https://youtu.be/5Dg80YCpPIw Link]
|Chuck E. Cheese Whitehall PA~Down The Road
|N/A
|Jul 12, 2022
|-
|[https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hIzxTeDeujM Link]
|A short clip of Out of this World being performed at Whitehall.
|August 2, 2020
|July 14, 2023
|-
|[https://youtu.be/EYCn7YkUIE4 Link]
|A short clip of Out of this World being performed at Whitehall.
|August 2, 2020
|July 14, 2023
|-
|[https://youtu.be/aOeKVRm9tXw Link]
|Store Tour of the store from August 2020 during the early stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
|August 2, 2020
|July 18, 2023
|-
|[https://youtu.be/c27ACu9U4kE Link]
|"El Rey Guitarrista" from [[Chuck E. Cheese's Show 2 2020|Show 2 2020]] being performed on Whitehall's CU 1-Stage.
|August 2, 2020
|July 18, 2023
|-
|[https://youtu.be/65BNJXxsovg Link]
|"My Family" from [[Chuck E. Cheese's Show 3 2019|Show 3 2019]] being performed on Whitehall's CU 1-Stage.
|August 2, 2020
|July 18, 2023
|-
|[https://youtu.be/gbzNcthjwbs Link]
|"Barbara the Barnyard Barber" from [[Chuck E. Cheese's Show 2 2020|Show 2 2020]] being performed on Whitehall's CU 1-Stage.
|August 2, 2020
|July 18, 2023
|-
|[https://youtu.be/iqOwBhXoFL8 Link]
|"Out of this World" from [[Chuck E. Cheese's Show 5 2016|Show 5 2016]] being performed on Whitehall's CU 1-Stage. The 2020 Social Distancing ad can also be seen in this video.
|August 2, 2020
|July 18, 2023
|}
|}

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:Whitehallrockafire.jpeg|Whitehall's Rock-Afire
File:Whitehall in 2008..png|Exterior, September 2008
File:Whitehall in 2011 (Google Maps).png|Exterior, June 2011
File:P3art.jpg|Some 1990's artwork still in the store, until they got 2.0 in July 2023
File:Whitehall Stage.jpg|The store's CU 1-Stage, removed July 12, 2023.
</gallery>


==Animatronics==
==Animatronics==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+
|+
!Animatronic
!Animatronic
!Serial Number
!Serial Number
!Whereabouts
!Whereabouts
|-
|-
|[[Rolfe Dewolfe & Earl Schmerle (Animatronic)|Chuck E. Cheese / Rolfe DeWolfe]]
|[[Rolfe Dewolfe & Earl Schmerle (Animatronic)|Chuck E. Cheese / Rolfe DeWolfe]]
|1-82 1-12
| 1-82 1-12
|In Store. Originally from [[Abilene, TX (1874 S Clack St)]].
| Taken to [[Showbiz Pizza Time Distribution Center (Topeka, KS)]]. Originally from [[Abilene, TX (1874 S Clack St)]].
|-
|-
|[[Dook Larue (Animatronic)|Pasqually / Dook Larue]]
|[[Dook Larue (Animatronic)|Pasqually / Dook Larue]]
|1-82 2-12
|1-82 2-12
|In Store. Originally from [[Abilene, TX (1874 S Clack St)]].
|Taken to [[Showbiz Pizza Time Distribution Center (Topeka, KS)]]. Originally from [[Abilene, TX (1874 S Clack St)]].
|-
|-
| [[Fatz Geronimo (Animatronic)|Mr. Munch / Fatz Geronimo]]
|[[Fatz Geronimo (Animatronic)|Mr. Munch / Fatz Geronimo]]
|1-82 3-12
|1-82 3-12
|In Store. Originally from [[Abilene, TX (1874 S Clack St)]].
|Taken to [[Showbiz Pizza Time Distribution Center (Topeka, KS)]]. Originally from [[Abilene, TX (1874 S Clack St)]].
|-
|-
|[[Beach Bear (Animatronic)|Jasper T. Jowls / Beach Bear]]
|[[Beach Bear (Animatronic)|Jasper T. Jowls / Beach Bear]]
|1-82 4-12
|1-82 4-12
|In Store. Originally from [[Abilene, TX (1874 S Clack St)]].
|Taken to [[Showbiz Pizza Time Distribution Center (Topeka, KS)]]. Originally from [[Abilene, TX (1874 S Clack St)]].
|-
|-
|[[Mitzi Mozzarella (Animatronic)|Helen Henny / Mitzi Mozzarella]]
|[[Mitzi Mozzarella (Animatronic)|Helen Henny / Mitzi Mozzarella]]
|1-82 5-12
|1-82 5-12
|In Store. Originally from [[Abilene, TX (1874 S Clack St)]].
|Taken to [[Showbiz Pizza Time Distribution Center (Topeka, KS)]]. Originally from [[Abilene, TX (1874 S Clack St)]].
|-
|-
|[[Billy Bob (Animatronic)|Billy Bob]]
|[[Billy Bob (Animatronic)|Billy Bob]]
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|Unknown. Originally from [[Abilene, TX (1874 S Clack St)]].
|Unknown. Originally from [[Abilene, TX (1874 S Clack St)]].
|-
|-
|[[Sun (Animatronic)|Building / Sun]]
|[[Sun (Animatronic)|Building / Sun]]
|1-82 10-12
|1-82 10-12
|Unknown. Originally from [[Abilene, TX (1874 S Clack St)]].
|Unknown. Originally from [[Abilene, TX (1874 S Clack St)]].
|-
|-
| [[Moon (Animatronic)|Moon]]
|[[Moon (Animatronic)|Moon]]
|1-82 11-12
| 1-82 11-12
|Unknown. Originally from [[Abilene, TX (1874 S Clack St)]].
|Unknown. Originally from [[Abilene, TX (1874 S Clack St)]].
|-
|-
|[[Antioch (Animatronic)|Antioch]]
|[[Antioch (Animatronic)|Antioch]]
|N/A
|N/A
| Destroyed. Originally from [[Abilene, TX (1874 S Clack St)]].
|Unknown. Originally from [[Abilene, TX (1874 S Clack St)]].
|-
|-
|[[Wink]]
|[[Wink]]
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|}
|}


==Videos==
==References==
<references />
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Link
!Description
!Date Filmed
!Date Published
|-
|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2gjOehdC4g&list=PLkiQC_zCPgCFjyGrtrOSfAaQWZhwDa2zs&index=1
|Chuck E Cheese Whitehall April 2009 Segment 1
|April 2009
|Apr 13, 2019
|-
|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-BpO3-4YF8&list=PLkiQC_zCPgCFjyGrtrOSfAaQWZhwDa2zs&index=2
|Chuck E Cheese Whitehall April 2009 Segment 2
|April 2009
|Apr 28, 2019
|-
|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKnrZZIFuR0&list=PLkiQC_zCPgCFjyGrtrOSfAaQWZhwDa2zs&index=3
|Chuck E Cheese Whitehall April 2009 show segment 4
|April 2009
|Mar 9, 2011
|-
|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVj0r-ylXOQ&list=PLkiQC_zCPgCFjyGrtrOSfAaQWZhwDa2zs&index=5
|Whitehall Chuck E Cheese - January 2012 segment 1
|January 28th, 2012
|May 29, 2020
|-
|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Dg80YCpPIw&list=PLkiQC_zCPgCFjyGrtrOSfAaQWZhwDa2zs&index=34
|Chuck E. Cheese Whitehall PA~Down The Road
|N/A
|Jul 12, 2022
|-
|More Coming Soon...
|
|
|
|}

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:P3art.jpg|thumb|298x298px|Some phase 3 art still in the store
File:Whitehall Stage.jpg|thumb|The stage at the Whitehall PA location
</gallery>
[[]]
[[]]

Latest revision as of 13:16, 17 May 2024


A photo of the exterior taken on January 17, 2022


Whitehall, PA (1000 Lehigh Valley Mall), Store #448 was a Showbiz Pizza Place that opened on December 16, 1983 as a franchised location with a Rock-afire Explosion. The store is located in a freestanding building right outside of the Lehigh Valley Mall.

As of April 2024, this location has the 2.0 remodel.

Stages

Originally, Whitehall featured a Rock-afire Explosion which was originally from the Abilene, TX Showbiz that closed not long before then, as all other Showbiz locations at the time did. Unfortunately, there are some photos but no videos to exist of Whitehall with the Rock afire, or as a ShowBiz in general. they got Concept Unification sometime between 1991 and 1992.

In 2010 they remodeled to have the characters on one stage, this would be called the Concept Unification 1-Stage by fans. Chuck is was wearing the avenger shirt and jeans, and the rest of the band has the usual cosmetics minus Helen loosing her flower in 2018. On July 12, 2023, the stage was removed as apart of the location receiving the 2.0 remodel and was replaced with the Dance Floor and Video Wall.

History

Whitehall opened its doors on December 16th, 1983 as the last Showbiz Pizza store in Pennsylvania, in a freestanding building right outside of the Lehigh Valley Mall. Like many other ShowBiz Pizza locations, it had a typical SPP layout (Except that the show was on the right side wall opposed to being on the back wall) seen in many other stores across the United States and would eventually receive the 1988 remodel years after it would open. Although some little documentation exists back in the ShowBiz days, it can be determined that Whitehall was one of several locations to receive an Uncle Klunk show package (and a Santa Claus retrofit package as well) sometime after opening. Like many ShowBiz locations in the late 1980s, Whitehall received the Showbiz Pizza Campground upgrade. The store eventually made the decision to close in 1989 before the 1988 Remodel.[1] On January 16th, 1990, Whitehall was acquired by Corporate. Whitehall then underwent Concept Unification in around 1991, converting the RockAfire Explosion into Munch's Make Believe Band. In late 2010 the store remodeled to house the new Concept Unification 1-Stage (Which was one of three installed and was the first one to install it. The other two were located at the Springfield, IL & Columbus, GA) which involved expanding the gameroom and moving the show to the back wall. By early July 2023, the store would begin its 2.0 remodel, removing the stage by July 12th. They had it's grand reopening of the store 2 months later on September 7th, 2023.

Video

Link Description Date Filmed Date Published
Link Chuck E Cheese Whitehall April 2009 Segment 1 April 2009 Apr 13, 2019
Link Chuck E Cheese Whitehall April 2009 Segment 2 April 2009 Apr 28, 2019
Link Chuck E Cheese Whitehall April 2009 show segment 4 April 2009 Mar 9, 2011
Link The Animatronics during the CU-1 Stage Installation 2010 Sep 23, 2010
Link Whitehall Chuck E Cheese - January 2012 segment 1 January 28th, 2012 May 29, 2020
Link Chuck E. Cheese Whitehall PA~Down The Road N/A Jul 12, 2022
Link A short clip of Out of this World being performed at Whitehall. August 2, 2020 July 14, 2023
Link A short clip of Out of this World being performed at Whitehall. August 2, 2020 July 14, 2023
Link Store Tour of the store from August 2020 during the early stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic. August 2, 2020 July 18, 2023
Link "El Rey Guitarrista" from Show 2 2020 being performed on Whitehall's CU 1-Stage. August 2, 2020 July 18, 2023
Link "My Family" from Show 3 2019 being performed on Whitehall's CU 1-Stage. August 2, 2020 July 18, 2023
Link "Barbara the Barnyard Barber" from Show 2 2020 being performed on Whitehall's CU 1-Stage. August 2, 2020 July 18, 2023
Link "Out of this World" from Show 5 2016 being performed on Whitehall's CU 1-Stage. The 2020 Social Distancing ad can also be seen in this video. August 2, 2020 July 18, 2023

Gallery

  • Whitehall's Rock-Afire

    Whitehall's Rock-Afire

  • Exterior, September 2008

    Exterior, September 2008

  • Exterior, June 2011

    Exterior, June 2011

  • Some 1990's artwork still in the store, until they got 2.0 in July 2023

    Some 1990's artwork still in the store, until they got 2.0 in July 2023

  • The store's CU 1-Stage, removed July 12, 2023.

    The store's CU 1-Stage, removed July 12, 2023.

Animatronics

Animatronic Serial Number Whereabouts
Chuck E. Cheese / Rolfe DeWolfe 1-82 1-12 Taken to Showbiz Pizza Time Distribution Center (Topeka, KS). Originally from Abilene, TX (1874 S Clack St).
Pasqually / Dook Larue 1-82 2-12 Taken to Showbiz Pizza Time Distribution Center (Topeka, KS). Originally from Abilene, TX (1874 S Clack St).
Mr. Munch / Fatz Geronimo 1-82 3-12 Taken to Showbiz Pizza Time Distribution Center (Topeka, KS). Originally from Abilene, TX (1874 S Clack St).
Jasper T. Jowls / Beach Bear 1-82 4-12 Taken to Showbiz Pizza Time Distribution Center (Topeka, KS). Originally from Abilene, TX (1874 S Clack St).
Helen Henny / Mitzi Mozzarella 1-82 5-12 Taken to Showbiz Pizza Time Distribution Center (Topeka, KS). Originally from Abilene, TX (1874 S Clack St).
Billy Bob 1-82 6-12 Unknown. Originally from Abilene, TX (1874 S Clack St).
Pizzacam / Looney Bird 1-82 7-12 Unknown. Originally from Abilene, TX (1874 S Clack St).
Munch Jr. / Choo Choo 1-82 8-12 Unknown. Originally from Abilene, TX (1874 S Clack St).
Building / Sun 1-82 10-12 Unknown. Originally from Abilene, TX (1874 S Clack St).
Moon 1-82 11-12 Unknown. Originally from Abilene, TX (1874 S Clack St).
Antioch N/A Unknown. Originally from Abilene, TX (1874 S Clack St).
Wink N/A Destroyed.

References

  1. ↑ https://www.mcall.com/news/mc-xpm-1989-10-15-2721153-story.html
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