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Pizza Time Theatre

Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre (Also known as just Pizza Time Theatre) was a pizza chain created by Atari co-founder Nolan Bushnell on May 17, 1977, lasting up until it filed for bankruptcy on March 28, 1984 and was merged into the competing ShowBiz Pizza Place on May 31, 1985, where it would later be named just Chuck E. Cheese's.

General History

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Detailed History & Events

1966

1967

1969

1970-1971

1974

Early 74

April

May

Mid-Late 1974

November

Winter

1975

April

Spring

1976

January

May

June

Summer

August

September

October

December

1977

February

April

May

Mid-Late 1977

June

October

1978

February

October

November

1979

November

1982

August

References

  1. https://www.ataricompendium.com/archives/interviews/jerry_donaldson/interview_jerry_donaldson.html
  2. http://www.showbizpizza.com/history/index.html
  3. A June 1975 photo confirms he had to have acquired it in '74.
  4. }}">Rick Rat Walkaround
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  6. https://archive.org/details/atariincbusiness0000gold/page/200/mode/2up?q=%22gene+Landrum%22
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  10. http://allincolorforaquarter.blogspot.com/2013/12/chasing-down-rabbit-trails-fun-and-food.html
  11. https://archive.org/details/atariincbusiness0000gold/page/326/mode/2up?q=%22Restaurant+Operating%22
  12. http://www.showbizpizza.com/history/index.html
  13. https://www.nytimes.com/1976/09/08/archives/warner-signs-pact-to-purchase-atari-cash-and-debenture-transaction.html
  14. https://archive.org/details/atariincbusiness0000gold/page/324/mode/2up?q=%22Restaurant+Operating%22
  15. https://www.nytimes.com/1976/10/05/archives/warner-communications-completes-atari-takeover.html
  16. https://archive.org/download/pizza-time-theatre-winchester-blueprints/Winchester%201977.pdf
  17. https://archive.org/details/the-gospel-of-st.-pong-revisited-vol-4-april-1977
  18. https://archive.org/details/atariincbusiness0000gold/page/216/mode/2up?q=chuck+e
  19. https://cocatalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=1&ti=1,1&Search%5FArg=Atari%2C%20Inc%2E&Search%5FCode=TALL%2B&CNT=25&REC=0&RD=0&RC=0&PID=x3homYN_YLw_LrzxoTch3ONaTy&SEQ=20240520173651&SID=3
  20. https://youtu.be/MwsjhhR9h7U?t=2205
  21. }}">PTT Basic Ordering Agreement
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