Miamisburg, OH (30 Prestige Place)

Exterior, August 2023

Miamisburg, OH (30 Prestige Place), Store #555 was a Showbiz Pizza Place that opened on November 25, 1981 with a Rock-Afire Explosion. This location received CU in the early 1990's, and would then replace the 3-Stage with a Studio C Beta in 2001 and had it until they got 2.0 in October 2022. As of January 2023, they still have the 2.0 Remodel.

Stages

The store opened with the Rock Afire Explosion on November 25, 1981, then started Concept Unification in around 1991/1992 which began the process of converting the Rock Afire Explosion to the 3-stage. They had the 3-stage from 1991/1992 till 2001, In 2001 the store removed its 3-Stage and had it replaced by a Studio C Beta with a 32m bot produced by Garner Holt. This bot, due to it being one of the first betas, also had late night on the Studio C bot. It is currently unknown when they replaced the Late Night outfit with the 'Cool Chuck' outfit. In the late 2000s, the location gained an Avenger hat and shirt, though he would keep his Cool Chuck khakis until it got the Rockstar outfit in the mid 2010s. The store was one of the last to have a working bluescreen, even after the Ticket Blaster was added in, only removing it in 2012, due to programming for it being discontinued. In the mid 2010s, the location would start to get the Rockstar outfit, often having the animatronic with the khakis + Rockstar shirt or the Avenger shirt + Rockstar pants. By the late 2010s, though, it would have the full outfit. In early October of 2022, the store converted to a 2.0, with the Studio C Beta being gutted and replaced with a 2021 Model Chuck E. Live Dance Floor with a Video Wall. The Studio C Beta's black walls can still be seen if you look closely through the windows of one of the employee doors, this location does not currently have a custom location poster, and has four of the five character posters, save for Jasper T. Jowls, though his blue background does exist at the location.

Stage	Installed	Removed	Notes
Rock-Afire Explosion	November 1981	1991-1992	3rd Showbiz to open in Ohio.
3-Stage	1991-1992	2001	One of Four Showbiz locations in Ohio to receive Concept unification.
Studio C Beta, 32m	2001	October 2022	Black walls still exist backstage in the technical room.
Dance Floor + Video Wall	October 2022	Still In Use	2021 Model

History

Miamisburg opened on November 25th, 1981 as the 3rd ShowBiz Pizza store in Ohio (3rd after Sharonville & Cincinnati Colerain) with a Rock-afire Explosion show. 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. Although some little documentation exists back in the ShowBiz days, it can be determined that Miamisburg 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, Miamisburg received the Showbiz Pizza Campground upgrade. In around 1991, Miamisburg received Concept Unification which converted the show to Munch's Make Believe Band. In around the Mid 1990's, Miamisburg received the Phase 1 remodel which removed some early 90's decor, added new decor, SkyTubes, and an exterior remodel. Then in 2001, Miamisburg would remodel to Phase 3 which involved removing most of the 1990's decor and replacing the 3-Stage for a Studio C Beta, 32m. Then they remodeled to the 2005 Remodel in around 2006. The store then expanded in 2009 which involved another exterior remodel and adding more space for games. The store would remove it's Skytubes and the Tik Tak Clock ride after reopening after the COVID pandemic in the summer of 2020. Meanwhile, new games, like Luigi's Mansion Arcade, would be added around that time. In October 2022, Miamisburg would remodel to 2.0, removing the Studio C for Dance Floor + Video Wall.

Decor

Current (2.0)

Former (Showbiz)

Former (Original Phase Trilogy)

1990 Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Hours of Operation
1998 3 Big Pop Arts
1998 4 Small Pop Arts
2001 Pasqually's Italy

Former (CEC 2005 Remodel Program)

2005 8 Kids Posters
2005 Restrooms (Blue Sign)
2005 Salad Farm Chuck E.

Former (Phase 5)

Videos

Link	Description	Date Filmed	Date Published
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY_ZMwqL99c	A video showcasing the 3-Stage Animatronics in 1993.	June 27th, 1993	May 14th, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j3jpwI0mxI	A video showcasing the Ball Crawl and Games in 1993.	June 27th, 1993	May 14th, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEbJ7YehCFE	A video showcasing the store, games, and 3-Stage in 1993.	June 27th, 1993	May 14th, 2017
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASzemMt9_6w	A video of the Chuck E. Cheese's Photo Ride (1997)\|Chuck E. Cheese Photo Ride which shows a bit of the store in 2005	July 2005	May 8, 2010
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qk-iR3GjwUw	A store tour of the store before the store started their 2.0 remodel	September 4th, 2022	October 22, 2022

Animatronics

Animatronic	Serial	Whereabouts
Chuck E. Cheese / Rolfe DeWolfe	?-? 1-?	Destroyed
Pasqually / Dook Larue	?-? 2-?	Destroyed
Mr. Munch / Fatz Geronimo	?-? 3-?	Destroyed
Jasper T. Jowls / Beach Bear	?-? 4-?	Destroyed
Helen Henny / Mitzi Mozzarella	?-? 5-?	Destroyed
Billy Bob	?-? 6-?	Destroyed
Pizzacam / Looney Bird	?-? 7-?	Destroyed
Munch Jr. / Choo Choo	?-? 8-?	Destroyed
Building / Sun	?-? 10-?	Destroyed
Moon	?-? 11-?	Destroyed
Antioch	N/A	Destroyed
Wink	N/A	Destroyed
Chuck E. Cheese 32m (Studio C)	110	Destroyed
Pizza Time Clock (Animatronic)	N/A	Destroyed

Trivia

Miamisburg was the 3rd Showbiz Pizza location to open in Ohio after Sharonville, OH (1429 E Kemper Rd) (Opened October 21st, 1981) & Cincinnati, OH (8801 Colerain Ave) (Opened November 11th 1981).
Miamisburg was one of four ShowBiz locations in Ohio to undergo Concept Unification (The other three being Cincinnati Colerain, Columbus Macsway, & Springfield) as Sharonville closed January 8th, 1984 and reopened years later on September 8th, 1992 as a Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza with one of two 2-Stages in Ohio (North Olmsted, OH (26104 Great Northern Sh) being the other). Columbus, OH (2044 Crown Plaza Dr), Cincinnati, OH (3365 Highland Ave), Columbus, OH (2210 E Dublin Granville Rd), Akron, OH (2511 Romig Rd) on the other hand were closed by December 1985 as Showbiz and were never converted into Chuck E. Cheese.