Back تشكي تشيز Arabic Chuck E. Cheese’s German Chuck E. Cheese's Spanish چاک ئی.چیز Persian Chuck E. Cheese’s Finnish Chuck E. Cheese French צ'אק אי צ'יז HE Chuck E. Cheese's ID Chuck E. Cheese's Italian チャック E. チーズ Japanese
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| CEC Entertainment | |
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| Company type | Private |
| Nasdaq: CHKY (1981–1984) Nasdaq: SHBZ (January 1989–1998, subsidiary) NYSE: CEC (1998 – January 2014, subsidiary) | |
| Industry | |
| Founded | May 17, 1977[1]San Jose, California, United States [a] |
| Founder | Nolan Bushnell |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Number of locations | 621 |
Area served | Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America |
Key people | |
| Products | Pizza Chicken wings Cheesy bread |
| Brands |
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| Services | Arcade games Birthday parties Kiddie rides |
| Owner | Brock Hotel Corporation (1985-1988) Queso Holdings, Inc. (2014–2020) Monarch Alternative Capital (2020–Present) |
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| Subsidiaries | Peter Piper Pizza |
| Website | chuckecheese.com  |
Chuck E. Cheese (formerly known as Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre, Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza, and simply Chuck E. Cheese's) is an American entertainment restaurant chain founded on May 17, 1977 by Atari, Inc.'s co-founder Nolan Bushnell.[1] Headquartered in Irving, Texas, each location features arcade games, amusement rides and musical shows in addition to serving pizza and other food items; former mainstays included ball pits, crawl tubes, and animatronic shows. The chain's name is taken from its main character and mascot, Chuck E. Cheese. The first location opened as Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre in San Jose, California. It was the first family restaurant to integrate food with arcade games and animated entertainment, thus being one of the pioneers for the "family entertainment center" concept.
After filing for bankruptcy in 1984, the chain was acquired in 1985 by Brock Hotel Corporation, the parent company of competitor ShowBiz Pizza Place. The merger formed a new parent company, ShowBiz Pizza Time, Inc., which began unifying the two brands in 1990, renaming every location Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza. It was later shortened to Chuck E. Cheese's in 1994 and Chuck E. Cheese in 2019. The parent company, ShowBiz Pizza Time also became CEC Entertainment in 1998.
- ^ a b "Robots, Pizza, And Sensory Overload: The Chuck E. Cheese Origin Story", by Benj Edwards, Fast Company, May 31, 2017
- ^ Oates, Sarah (July 15, 1985). "Chuck E. Cheese Gets New Lease on Life". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 4, 2022.
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