Rockford, IL (3600 E State St)

3600 E State St, Store #960 was a ShowBiz Pizza that opened on October 30, 1988, with Chuck E's House, and is still open to this day as a Chuck E. Cheese with the CEC 2.0 Remodel Program . This location had the last Chuck E's House from May 2008 until June 12, 2022, when they would remove Chuck E.'s House for a Dance Floor and Video Wall as part of the 2.0 remodel. This location is a relocation of the Loves Park, IL (6505 N 2nd St) Pizza Time Theatre which opened in November 1981 and closed in October 1988 with a Cyberamics Balcony Stage . The location was formerly owned by McBiz Corp, formerly owners of a few Showbiz Pizza Places, and Showbiz Pizza Time Inc. acquired the location on September 16, 1996.

History

Celebration Station (June 1982 - late '80s)

Before opening in 1988, this location was originally a Celebration Station that opened in June 1982. Not much is known about Rockford's Celebration Station, other than it closed in the late '80s. In 1988, McBiz Corp purchased the space, and conversion into a CEC began.

Chuck E. Cheese's (October 30, 1988 - present)

By the Fall of 1988, the conversion was completed, and was ready to open. The store finally opened on October 30, 1988 with a Chuck E's House and the 1988 remodel, and the restaurant was named 'ShowBiz Pizza'. The location received its first remodel in the mid-late '90s, which involved renaming the space to just 'Chuck E. Cheese's', refurbishing the showroom, received either Phase 1 (1994) or Phase 2 (1997) , removed the checkers around the store, removing some early '90s artwork for mid-late '90s artwork, and changed and redid the counters. The Rocker Stage was left behind and repainted. On September 16, 1996, the store was acquired by Corporate. Sometime in the late 90s, Rockford would receive Must C TV posters. In 2008/2009, the location received the 2005 update to the 2003 'Cool Chuck' Reconfiguration / Major Remodel Initiative, which involved removing all 1990s artwork for ' CEC 2000's Remodel Program ' artwork, removing the balcony seating and the showroom walls, replacing the dim lighting with bright lighting, and generally making the space more open. The Rocker Stage was repainted once again, but was still left behind. In May 2008, the Simi Valley, CA (71 Tierra Rejada Rd) location closed down, marking Rockford as the last Chuck E.'s House in a store. In mid-2022, the location began the 2017 2.0 Remodel Program|2.0 remodel, removing the last Chuck E.'s House/Rocker Stage on June 12, 2022, marking it's extinction, repainting a ton of walls, and replaced all CEC 2000's Remodel Program artwork with 2.0 artwork. The location reopened in August 2022, and is still open today.

Stages

Originally, the store opened with Chuck E.'s House, they would have the last PTT vest until 2009, when they replaced it with the Avenger outfit. Chuck E.'s House was finally removed on June 12, 2022, as a part of the 2.0 remodel. The show was dismantled and was collected by the SPT Distribution. The bots still reside there today.

Stage	Installed	Removed	Notes
Chuck E's House	October 1988	June 2022	First of 3 Rocker Stages in Tinley Park, IL (16090 S Harlem Ave) Streamwood, IL (990 S Barrington Rd) . Last Rocker to be removed.
Chuck E Live Stage (Dance Floor) + Video Wall	June 2022	Still in use	2021 model.

Animatronics

Animatronic	Manufacturing Date	Whereabouts
Mr Munch (Cyberamic)	1981	Taken to Showbiz Pizza Time Distribution Center (Topeka, KS) . Originally from Loves Park, IL (6505 N 2nd St) .
Jasper T Jowls (Cyberamic)	1981	Taken to Showbiz Pizza Time Distribution Center (Topeka, KS) . Originally from Loves Park, IL (6505 N 2nd St) .
Guest Star Helen Henny (Cyberamic)	1981	Taken to Showbiz Pizza Time Distribution Center (Topeka, KS) . Originally from Loves Park, IL (6505 N 2nd St) .
Chuck E Cheese (Cyberamic)|Chuck E. Cheese (Cyberamic)	1981	Taken to Showbiz Pizza Time Distribution Center (Topeka, KS) . Originally from Loves Park, IL (6505 N 2nd St) .
Pasqually (Cyberamic)	1981	Taken to Showbiz Pizza Time Distribution Center (Topeka, KS) . Originally from Loves Park, IL (6505 N 2nd St) .
Singing Flowers (Cyberamic)	1988	Unknown.

Videos

Link	Description	Filming Date	Published Date
Link	A video showcasing the Store, Games, and Chuck E.'s House in August 2001.	August 30, 2001	June 4, 2012
Link	A quick tour of the store followed by footage of its stage performing various segments from Chuck E's Variety Show - Best of 1999	December 2006	September 25, 2023
Link	Birthday Star Extravaganza (2008) being performed on Rockford's Chuck E.'s House.	January 2009	January 10, 2009
Link	Segment 1 of the April 2012 Show being performed on Rockford's Chuck E.'s House.	May 24, 2012	June 4, 2012
Link	'Chuck E.'s Place 2017' from Chuck E Cheese's Show 3 2017 being performed on Rockford's Chuck E.'s House.	March 13, 2020	April 1, 2020
Link	Last Store Tour from before the COVID-19 Pandemic.	March 14, 2020	April 4, 2020
Link	Tribute to Rockford in wake of the 2.0 remodel.	June 12, 2022	June 13, 2022