The first Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre opened on May 17, 1977 in San Jose, California. The pilot location was a 5,000 square foot former brokerage building and was the first restaurant of its kind – offering a combination of pizza, animated entertainment, and an indoor arcade.

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These videos are documentary-style deep dives into various aspects of the Chuck E. Cheese and ShowBiz Pizza concepts, containing facts and information from our 20+ year history of researching these restaurant chains.

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Found here are a random collection of company documents from the post-merger era. These documents contain information for ShowBiz Pizza Place and Chuck E. Cheese's. All of these items were used and meant for company employees (at the corporate level).

chuck e. cheese's pizza (1989-1994) / showbiz pizza (1989-1992) In 1989 both brands owned by ShowBiz Pizza Time Inc. were given new names and a fresh new look. The new logos were quite similar to one another, both featuring a white emblem with features from their previous incarnations, and accentuated with green, yellow, and red colors.

The University section of ShowBizPizza.com contains an amazing assortment of information, all pertaining to the history of Chuck E. Cheese's. Inside the halls of our online university, you'll find over 300 documents of various types, all conveniently compiled …

1992 - Having completed Concept Unification, Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza becomes the exclusive store brand operated by the company. 1994 - Following disappointing sales in 1993, ShowBiz Pizza Time drops the word "pizza" from the restaurant name, rebranding it …

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