Chuck E. Cheese's (fictional U.S. locations)/Tempe, AZ (Showbiz)

Store history
The store opened in 1982 as a Showbiz Pizza Place.

The store got Concept Unification in 1990.

The stage became notable in the late 1990s and early 2000s due to Steven Di Bello, a young set designer (and later technician upon graduating high school), designing numerous custom stages for the store and even programming a Sega Dreamcast port of CyberStar (which wouldn't last due to the Sega Dreamcast's failure), he left the location in 2001 to pursue a job at a franchise of rival chain Looney Bird's.

In 2004, the 3-stage was controversially replaced with a Studio C Cappa at the request of corporate, much to the chagrin of Di Bello and even the replacement technician, who reportedly "sobbed in tears" having to tear down the stage and destroy cosmetics and backdrops from the stage. However, Chuck E., Helen and Pizzacam barely averted disposal as the store manager got hospitalized in a car accident before demolition could be completed. The three animatronics are now owned by Di Bello.