During the height of Chuck E. Cheese, Kansas City-born restaurant chain ShowBiz Pizza Place also entertained thousands of children, leading to a fierce fight for dominance in “pizza, Pacman, and ...

Competitor ShowBiz Pizza Place gave Chuck E. Cheese a run for its money in the ’80s with its own distinctive animatronic stage show, The Rock-afire Explosion.

Chuck E. Cheese's brand transformation comes after the family entertainment and pizza chain fell on hard times during the COVID-19 pandemic. The nearly 50-year-old company filed for bankruptcy in ...

Years after it had been seemingly eliminated from all Showbiz Pizza and Chuck E. Cheese locations, the Rock-afire Explosion ...

Competitor ShowBiz Pizza Place gave Chuck E. Cheese a run for its money in the ’80s with its own distinctive animatronic stage show, The Rock-afire Explosion.

A few years later, in 1984, Chuck E. Cheese filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and Brock came to the rescue to buy his rival and merge it with ShowBiz Pizza under the BHC umbrella.

The characters at the Pineville-Matthews Road location originated during the early days of Chuck E. Cheese when it was known as ‘Showbiz Pizza’ in the 1980s, The Political Beat reported.

Children and adults across the country might recall attending birthday parties at either Chuck E. Cheese or ShowBiz Pizza Place, depending on where they grew up and how old they are.

For the Chuck E. Cheese locations, the majority of the revenue is in the games, not the pizza dough, Brady said. During the new millennium, Chuck E. Cheese has been evolving in fits and starts.

In 1984, ShowBiz purchased Pizza Time’s assets, but the two concepts ran separately until 1990, when locations began to be rebranded to Chuck E. Cheese. They kept Pizza Time’s beloved ...