Springfield, PA (381 Baltimore Pike)

Springfield, PA (381 Baltimore Pike), Store #529 was a Celebration Station that opened on December 15th, 1984, closing around February 1989. The location then became a Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza that opened on December 4th, 1990, which closed on April 15th, 2012. In November 2012, the Chuck E. Cheese's was relocated to Springfield, PA (371 Baltimore Pike) , built just blocks away from where the previous location once stood at Stoney Creek East Plaza. The original building has since been demolished.

History

Celebration Station (1984-1989)

Springfield, PA (381 Baltimore Pike) first opened as a Celebration Station on December 15th, 1984 with a Celebration Station's WOOF Radio animatronic show. It was built adjacent to the Stoney Creek East Plaza, right next to Andrew Drive. By 1989, the store was struggling financially under Whiteco's ownership and permanently closed that February. In August the same year, an auction was held at the location to sell off Celebration Station assets, including the W.O.O.F. Radio animatronics. Marc Glassman, founder of Marc's Grocery Stores, had recently created the Marc's Funtime Pizza Palace chain of restaurants at the time, acquiring assets from former Pizza Time Theatre and ShowBiz Pizza Place locations. It was through this auction that Marc's purchased the W.O.O.F. animatronics for one of their stores (currently unidentified). Although details are scarce, it is confirmed that Marc's did not acquire the original TRIAD show controller equipment, nor the original soundtracks produced for W.O.O.F. through the Springfield auction.

Chuck E. Cheese's (1990-2012)

Just one year after the closure of Celebration Station, Showbiz Pizza Time, Inc. bought the building space, opening a Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza store on December 4th, 1990. The existing layout of the former Celebration Station was left intact, though abiding by the SPT 1980's Remodel Program with it's store fixtures and walls. A prototype of the Cyberamics Road Stage , one of four built, was tested at the Springfield, PA store (being the second overall). The prototype was converted to a finalized design by 1992, and was ultimately the only Road Stage ever installed in Pennsylvania. Sometime in the mid 1990's, Springfield underwent the SPT 1990's Remodel Program , removing fixtures from the previous remodel and replacing the Road Stage with a 2-Stage . As a high-level balcony seating surrounded the walls of the showroom (a product of the Celebration Station), unique record posters were fabricated by Corman and Associates especially for Springfield, with parody art and discs being separated to a poster each. By the 2000's, Chuck E.'s Tuxedo & Derby were replaced with the Cool Chuck outfit, with Jasper's PTT mask being replaced outright, and the lift curtains removed entirely. By Summer 2009, the Cool Chuck clothing was replaced with the Avenger outfit, and the Cyberamic Chuck E. was strangely given walkaround Chuck E. ears. Springfield, PA in its original location was meant to undergo the CEC 2000's Remodel Program sometime after being rolled out store-wide. However, this plan didn't materialize, due to the small space of the building (resulting from its placement within the Stoney Creek East Plaza and previous tenant of Celebration Station). As early as 2011, plans were made to completely redevelop the site of the location. The current Chuck E. Cheese's in Springfield, PA permanently closed on April 15th, 2012, in favor of constructing an all-new store just blocks away from the previous space. Springfield, PA (371 Baltimore Pike) opened on November 14th, 2012, accommodating for the CEC 2000's Remodel Program and installing a Circles of Light stage with a Chuck E Cheese 16m (Animatronic) instead of relocating the existing Cyberamics 2-Stage. The previous building in Stoney Creek East was demolished soon after. The only remnant of the building being there is a color disfigurement in the tiling on the right side of Franklin Mint Federal Credit Union.⁽¹⁾

Stages

Stage	Installed	Removed	Notes
Celebration Station's WOOF Radio	December 1984	February 1989	One of two W.O.O.F. Radio shows installed in Pennsylvania. Purchased by Marc Glassman of Marc's Funtime Pizza Palace in August 1989.
Cyberamics Road Stage	December 1990	1991/1992	Second Road Stage ever installed. One of four Road Stage Prototypes built. Converted to the finalized Road Stage design between 1991-1992.
Cyberamics Road Stage	1991/1992	1995/1996	Only Road Stage to ever be installed in Pennsylvania.
2-Stage	1995/1996	April 2012	One of seven (or eight) 2-Stages installed in Pennsylvania.

Animatronics

Animatronic	Manufacturing Date	Whereabouts	Notes
Harry Hound (W.O.O.F. Animatronic)	1983-1984	Unknown	Purchased by Marc Glassman of Marc's Funtime Pizza Palace in August 1989.
Purrscilla Purr (W.O.O.F. Animatronic)	1983-1984	Unknown	Purchased by Marc Glassman of Marc's Funtime Pizza Palace in August 1989.
Big Bear (W.O.O.F. Animatronic)	1983-1984	Unknown	Purchased by Marc Glassman of Marc's Funtime Pizza Palace in August 1989.
Doc Fox (W.O.O.F. Animatronic)	1983-1984	Unknown	Purchased by Marc Glassman of Marc's Funtime Pizza Palace in August 1989.
Major Moose (W.O.O.F. Animatronic)	1983-1984	Unknown	Purchased by Marc Glassman of Marc's Funtime Pizza Palace in August 1989.
Howard Le Trec (Animatronic)	1983-1984	Unknown	Purchased by Marc Glassman of Marc's Funtime Pizza Palace in August 1989.
Accu-Duck (Animatronic)	1983-1984	Unknown	Purchased by Marc Glassman of Marc's Funtime Pizza Palace in August 1989.
Chuck E Cheese (Cyberamic)	Unknown	Unknown/Destroyed.
Guest Star Helen Henny (Cyberamic)	Unknown	Unknown/Destroyed.
Mr Munch (Cyberamic)	Unknown	Unknown/Destroyed. Mask sent to Levittown, PA (1283 E Lincoln Hwy) and was later destroyed.
Jasper T Jowls (Cyberamic)	Unknown	Unknown/Destroyed.
Pasqually (Cyberamic)	Unknown	Unknown/Destroyed.
Wink (Cyberamic)	1991/1992	Unknown/Destroyed.	Added when converted to finalized Road Stage

Videos

Link	Description	Filming Date	Publish Date
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYYZrqfSuEM	A birthday party video of Springfield as a Celebration Station featuring W.O.O.F. Radio and game room.	1984-1989	July 16, 2021
https://youtu.be/LxvPbiWC0Mk?si=oe8I_fSV2ygyOXT8	A birthday party video of Springfield as a Celebration Station featuring the exterior, W.O.O.F. Radio, and game room.	1986	April 14, 2024
https://youtu.be/8qx9r02cQu0	A birthday party video of Springfield as a Chuck E. Cheese's featuring the Prototype Road Stage and game room.	March 5, 1991	May 6, 2020
https://youtu.be/kPB8pgCzMwo?t=189	A birthday party video of Springfield as a Chuck E. Cheese's featuring the exterior, 2-Stage, and game room.	July 1998	October 21, 2012
https://youtu.be/VayKDS_1Q5Q	Springfield, PA's showroom tour just months prior to closure as a CEC.	January 26, 2012	February 8, 2012