Asheville, NC (34 Tunnel Rd)

34 Tunnel Rd was a ShowBiz Pizza Place in Asheville, North Carolina. The store opened on July 20, 1984, with a Classic Stage , and closed on March 15, 1996, as a Chuck E. Cheese's with a Concept Unification Stage . This is not to be confused with the Asheville, NC (104 River Hills Rd)|current location. which opened on May 6th, 2004 with a Studio C Cappa .

History

Asheville opened on July 20th, 1984 (3 days before the well-known Wilmington, NC (4389 Oleander Dr) location opened with a show that's a year older than Asheville's) as the 3rd Showbiz Pizza store in North Carolina (3rd after Charlotte, NC (7701 Pineville-Matthews Rd) & Fayetteville, NC (511 North McPherson Church Rd) ) as a Franchised store. Asheville originally featured the Rock-Afire Explosion, as all other Showbiz locations did. they would have it for a few years, until around 1991 or 1992, when they would receive the SPT 1980's Remodel Program , receiving Concept Unification , where the Rock-Afire Explosion characters were changed to the Chuck E. Cheese characters, and removing all SPP decor for newer decor. The store would remain this way until its permanent closure on March 15th, 1996. Sometime after the store's closure, the building was demolished for a Cracker Barrel. On May 6th, 2004, a new CEC opened in the nearby River Hills Shopping Center after an 8-year hiatus. As of March 2023, the Cracker Barrel still stands on the former SPP/CEC site today.

Stages

Originally, Asheville featured a Rock-Afire Explosion, as all other Showbiz locations did. In 1991, they would undergo Concept Unification, turning the Rock-Afire Explosion into the 3-Stage. It was removed on March 15th, 1996, when the store was closed permanently.

Stage	Installed	Removed	Notes
Classic Stage	July 1984	1991/1992	3rd Showbiz to open in North Carolina.
Concept Unification Stage	1991/1992	March 1996	One of Six North Carolina Showbiz Stores to undergo Concept Unification.

Animatronics

Animatronic	Serial	Whereabouts
Rolfe Dewolfe & Earl Schmerle (Animatronic)	1-83 1-8	Owned by a Private Collector.
Dook Larue (Animatronic)	1-83 2-8	Unknown
Fatz Geronimo (Animatronic)	1-83 3-8	Unknown
Beach Bear (Animatronic)	1-83 4-8	Unknown
Mitzi Mozzarella (Animatronic)	1-83 5-8	Unknown
Billy Bob (Animatronic)	1-83 6-8	Unknown
Looney Bird (Animatronic)	1-83 7-8	Unknown
Choo Choo (Animatronic)	1-83 8-8	Unknown
Sun (Animatronic)	1-83 10-8	Unknown
Moon (Animatronic)	1-83 11-8	Unknown
Antioch (Animatronic)	N/A	Unknown
Wink	N/A	Unknown