The History Of Chuck E. Cheese’s in Owensboro Ky

Here is the 8th installment of my “History Of” series
In this video I go over the history of what I would consider the most forgotten Kentucky Chuck E. Cheese location, Owensboro Kentucky!
This video idea goes back to Early 2021 when I was doing research on a different history of video, just for fun I looked at every single Chuck E. Cheese location that was on a google spreadsheet and I just so happen to notice that Owensboro had a location, and better yet it was a showbiz pizza!!!
I just want to thank all the websites and people who helped me complete this movie!
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[@NathanSpies]

I forgot to ask this in the video so I'm asking it here: Do you think Chuck E. Cheese has another chance at opening a Owensboro Kentucky location?

[@drobotics2205]

For your next location video can you do the location in Western NY?

[@idkwhattocallthis9264]

You forgot a chuck e cheese Owensboro that is open

[@NathanSpies]

idk what to call this there isn't one, this was the only location in Owensboro

[@idkwhattocallthis9264]

Ok

[@idkwhattocallthis9264]

Break the 2 0 dance floor

[@supermarioplushboi85]

The "not kid friendly" pizza sauce possibly refers to pizza sauce with either chunks of meat or tomatoes that small children could get choked on

[@HyperShadowRIku21]

Hi Nathan! It’s awesome to hear a comprehensive history of this location. I grew up and still reside 40 mins down I-64 from Owensboro. I only learned of Town Square North having a former Showbiz/CEC Pizza location about a year ago. I’m thrilled to see a pic of the exterior of the building from the Showbiz days. Very cool to learn that Buffalo Wild Wings is the former location as I’ve eaten in that building several times. As for why Owensboro’s location closed, I have a bit of speculation myself. Evansville’s location in Indiana is only just over half an hour down the road and was another former Showbiz turned CEC location. It remains to this day and was my childhood CEC (I’m 27). This location has always done a lot of business and it would be a great location to do a future deep dive video on.

[@tinabennett8415]

I worked at this Showbiz from September 1985 before they opened until 1988. I hosted Birthday parties and frequently dressed in the very hot and heavy Billy Bob costume. The pizza there was the best, especially the taco! I have so many memories from there and made life long friends.

[@allisonanderson9175]

Do you remember that they'd had special Fourth of July shows every year? I was mesmerized.

[@slimraerae]

I’ve been looking for info on the Owensboro Chuck E. Cheese for years! This is awesome to see… thank you!

[@mr.tomraypaz6085]

Can’t wait for the next location you document!

[@mooker1969]

I used to eat their buffet on Wednesday nights. I worked at the Ponderosa across the lot. Also, Buffalo Wild Wings was already there while CiCis was in business. Bdubs expanded in to the cicis location, after Marcia closed it. Doubled their size after the remodel.

[@is-landmedia2360]

This was really well made! Keep it up

[@ethanvillasuso1206]

This was Class Nathan 🔥🔥🔥

[@allisonanderson9175]

I went on a field trip to the then-Showbiz Owensboro location in 1987-88 and they gave us a "tour" on how the animatronics worked. The annual Fourth of July show was my favorite!

[@giovannibvaz]

This is so cool! Could you do Portland OR next?

[@BBarker34]

I used to live in Owensboro for a few years and visited this Buffalo Wild Wings multiple times. As to answer your question about leftover remnants from when it was SPP/CEC, there’s very little to none. I never visited the restaurant when it was CEC but the area where the cash registers are kind of reminded me of the prize counter. But yeah, it’s all B-Dubs now. Not a lot to see. Would love to see more photos or even video surface online soon!

[@jamesmcdonald2581]

This was fun to watch. I actually worked at that Chuck E. Cheese the last couple of years it was open and I worked from open to close on our last day of business. Those were good times.

[@spunchbop47428]

Have any photos?

[@simonsawesome069]

14:56 yep Owensboro still looks pretty much exactly like this but now we have a used game store a buffaloe wild wings and a large church in that strip mall.

[@pizzafan997]

It’s pronounced ant-e-ock I think? It says they named the spider after the first showbiz location in the Antioch mall in Kansas City

[@memethyst]

yes that's correct

[@SuperSonicDash9281]

Great video 👍

[@TopherGrant]

Hey! I'm the one that listed the other games! Neat! My mom was manager at Showbiz

[@Ghosthost22]

I remember being at this location for my b'day back in '94 on Sept. 7th; I was 10 at the time

[@heehoking7089]

As a resident of Owensboro the out side of the building was white with colorful lines of polkadot on the side very flashy

[@maxgomaz]

In Hemet California my local Chuck E. Cheese got the 2.0 update after it opened in the 2000s it had some 2000 decor, and I do not know what type of stage it had all I know that it had the Chuck E. Cheese animatronic I remember going every single time I went there and just watching the animatronic. I even have some tokens before they got rid of the tokens. The tokens are from 1998, 2004 and 2009 one day we drove by and I saw the 2.0 update, and I was disappointed, knowing that every single old decoy that they had to destroy them, knowing that they were destroying every single 2000 decor in there especially the animatronic rip To the old Chuck E. Cheese, he will never be forgotten in the hearts of Chuck E. Cheese fans

[@TheJPooka777]

Could You Talk About The One In Oklahoma Next? I've Only Ever Been To That One Location And I'd Love To See Its History! Btw Great Video!

[@kristinlambert8811]

I just requested the Oklahoma City showbiz pizza/Chuck e cheese Pizza, too

[@EastwoodproductionsAHHHHH]

Can you do a history video on Chuck e Cheese in Blaine Minnesota? It was the second Chuck e Cheese I went to, if you considered i thank you! I think you would have fun researching

[@ADAMKUNK3L]

5:52 that’s an interesting skew ball machine. You knock thing down? That’s cool.

[@StickminDude]

Another Video About The History Of A CEC/SP Store Pretty Short But Well Made

[@captvampire26]

I went to this place when it was showbiz pizza! I loved it and when it was cec. I've been trying to find old photos of it.

[@sjharris9583]

I showed my mom the picture at 13:35, and she confirmed that it was actually the exterior for the Chuck E. Cheese's (formerly Shiwbiz Pizza Place) in my hometown of Parkersburg, WV. Unfortunately, they closed in spring of 1997, and the place is now a Plato's Closet with absolutely no remaining elements of CEC left. Edit: It turns out that the ACTUAL location is the current home of Workforce West Virginia, near the Value City building.

[@THAIIIGUY]

Is it at the corner of that big store

[@sjharris9583]

@@THAIIIGUY I already learned that, but it took months for me to finally figure that one out!

[@THAIIIGUY]

@@sjharris9583 thanks for telling me

[@Connor-op4ej]

You should do a video on the history of the mascot bowl and the mascots that play

[@DevouiDevoui]

I never knew this store existed!

[@kyliethelittlespider-mangirl94]

Nice video!

[@JokerzGallery]

There was a bowling ball gravity game, a sit-in Star Wars game and also a USA vs Russia hockey game at the Owensboro location

[@liamjackson7082]

Loved thus video! Lots of memories having bday parties there as a young kid (born in 81)....couple interesting fscts for ya kind of related to this whole thing...soooo my stepfathers sister had a baby when i was probably 12 or 13...she never married the guy and i still stay in touch with her AND her daughter (who JUST got married TODAY in OWENSBORO) BUT i remember as a kid that t girls father that my stepaunt? had the daughter with was employed at SHOWBIZ and he was one of the people that put on that BILLY BOB costume!! Lol he is a police officer today, I believe. And i think his name was RICK, maybe, but ill have to ask. Also...i had my 18th bday party with like 15 other kids my age at the Chuck E. Cheese in Evansville, IN (like a half hour away from the 'Boro) and have SEVERAL pics of us literal teens/adults in the ball pit and crawling through the tunnels in that playland thing. 😅 i dont know why but after seeing this video i felt that you just NEEDED tis information! Random, I know. Again, thanks for the video and the memories!

[@TimeNerd]

Can you do the one in Little Rock Arkansas? Not the one that is still open in north Little Rock or the newer one. It’s closed since but when I used to go to the hospital when I was younger, I would always go there after my leukemia appointments

[@looneybirdstudiosandbillyb7337]

Can’t wait for the Florence ky one 😁

[@FunnyManUnFun]

yeah!

[@nicoleslabyback]

"EAAAAAAH" was wholesome

[@micheleinclan2063]

I live in Owensboro, and today, my 8-year-old daughter found a CEC token from 1995 at my aunt's house. I don't have a ton of memories of the CEC in Owensboro but I know I had one birthday party there and I feel like there's a good chance it was my 10th birthday, which would have been in 1995, so it's possible that token was from my 10th birthday. I'd be curious to know if my mother has any photographs of that birthday party. I do remember CiCi's Pizza being in that same location, and yes, BWW is still in operation there now.

[@gizmoanimation7076]

Hey next could you do the Canada Langley BC history

[@Studio18sEntertainment]

I’m excited for Eastgate! 😁

[@MadHorrorProductions]

Nice

[@castwoody]

I always wanted to live in a Chuck E. Cheese and showbiz in my dreams now it’s becoming a reality 😌

[@owlfan2007]

Can You Do A History Video Of Chuck-E-Cheese's In Danvers MA Next

[@loisguardado1848]

That was amazing and incredible from the past in the history 😍👌👍🥰💖✨.

[@loisguardado1848]

LOL I love it 😎🤘👌👍🥰💖✨

[@loisguardado1848]

I love chuck e cheese when I was a little girl 😍😎🤘👌👍🥰💖✨.

[@loisguardado1848]

I am a biggest fan of chuck e cheese back from the day 😎🤘👌👍🥰💖✨.

[@memethyst]

i know a lot about showbiz and i didn't even know this location existed... sad that there's not a lot of documentation on it

[@ThePowerpuffHotline]

13:35 i wonder what location used that sign

[@jimmyeaston9048]

there was absolutely nothing from CEC left in the BW3 location, there was a haunted house and some other seasonal junk in there between the switchover

[@showbizmouse782]

Can you do a history on Chuck E. Cheese Florence Ky

[@supersonic1097]

Can you do the history of chuck e cheese in houston,Texas?

[@TnAirwin]

I live in Owensboro, I remember all of it. Showbiz, cec and cicis. Unfortunately there is no evidence of any of these in Buffalo wild wings

[@NathanSpies]

Well that’s sad

[@ClassicTVMan1981X]

Speaking of Kentucky, weren't there any CECs or ShowBiz Pizza Places in the Pike County region, such as in Belfry (41514)?

[@thcenturyfoxfan-xc7kr]

@Jessie Miller. I went to fairview higets

[@langlo8139]

If only there was a video on the history of the Lansing, MI location

[@Oliver_11_the_little_western]

I did 2009 there was a helen bot in the trash bin I was the only one to know and I took it home but it is in horrible shape

[@viviennemorgan7217]

can you do the history of chuck e cheese in laurel md.

[@MrScottishManiacCat]

DO HISTORY OF CEC IN EDISON NJ

[@leo-xc1bk]

does anyone know the commercial that was played in the opening credits?

[@kristinlambert8811]

Looks more like fats was the leading character in the rock a fire explosion than billy Bob

[@NoteCollectorPat]

You forgot that Munch as the same keyboard from like the Cincinnati location.

[@CheeseEChuck.]

Can you do Ether Burnsville MN Or Lacrosse Wi

[@90sKidFan]

Can you do the history of Gastonia nc I have videos and pictures of Gastonia it opened in 2005 November 25 opened with a studio c beta and a blue screen

[@ChuckEEntertainment]

You're doing Eastgate and Colerain next?

[@DevouiDevoui]

I guess so! Maybe he can do my local as well since its in Ohio.

Darn, I missed the premier

[@ADAMKUNK3L]

Where do you find your info?

[@pixelythegamer3260]

You should do the history of rockafire explosion mascots, animatronics, and logos.

[@is-landmedia2360]

That would be cool

[@zupperdapupper3888]

Hey I work at the Hemet location of Chuck E. Cheese I would love to see a video on it

[@nicoleslabyback]

Theres one in indiana

[@dustiwilson291]

You actually said Frederica correctly!!!

[@coreyhall384]

Chicky Cheese Closed down because of lack of business, bathrooms were always dirty Pizza was lack luster, prices to high for lack luster pizza, plus we could just got to the mall which is like right next door perant could do there shopping, we could go to Aladins Castle which was a arcade in the mall and eat at Noble Romans Pizza or Chick-fil-A,,,born and raised in Owensboro Kentucky

[@littleisthebestfox9746]

Birthday spiders name is Antioch talk

[@tonyalabarr6589]

Because you love animatronics and plushy’s and everything I know you like everything in me to I have a whole collection

[@tonyalabarr6589]

You should get an animatronic

[@coolkid57456]

the owensboro store did not close in 1995, they closed around 2001 or 2002 because the website still lists owensboro in 1997.

[@NathanSpies]

It is true the website still listed it, but it did in fact close in 1995 since I was able to find newspaper articles from 1995, and people on Facebook confirmed it for me

[@coolkid57456]

@@NathanSpies I’m guessing they auctioned some rides because they switched to phase 3. Their last show might be this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nnyZnK1vqK1-o6s

[@sonicsonic2022]

it probally closed in 1998

[@logansmith48]

You should make one of the York PA location that was mine but this will make you mad it sadly got 2.0 in July 2018

[@danni7578]

Are you going to do a video on the Chuck E. Cheese in Paducah ky?

[@NathanSpies]

Yes

[@danni7578]

Yay, that was the Chuck e cheese I grew up with

[@xxgostapua2107]

epic plot twist 4:11

[@jasontaylor9702]

Nice job man. Me and my wife now, was my girlfriend at the time was there along time ago...

[@someguest426]

Dang

[@andrewnaimark4543]

nooooooooooooo not the chuck e cheese in theat stat

[@V.Vaughan]

the robots are so creepy.

[@showbizmoment]

It's sad that Owensboro closed but not everything lasts forever 😔

[@superjefftheallenginesgoan9646]

I have a suggestion

[@bugsbunnylt]

whats this location? 13:35

[@simonsays365]

the part where you said the first showbiz opened in kansas city mo is false the first one opened in Anioch kansas

[@josealex3398]

La mayoría de chuck e. Cheese es que comenzó en 1977 verdad pero era una pizzería de niños con una rata que se llama chico e.

[@dollsworld1788]

He used imovie

[@AwesomeDrawer2017]

Not/Fun fact:The first ever Chuck E. Cheese(San Jose California)Closed

[@Slushy4000]

Fun Fact: This is a sad fact

[@AwesomeDrawer2017]

@@Slushy4000 yeah I think I’m gonna change the name

[@keepingitreal71]

I have more of a soft spot for Chuck E and Jasper... I think the RAE is dying due to Aaron Fector... Cannot imagine it was easy to work with him... I heard that he is charging outrageous prices for RAE dolls and I also heard that he was bullying the FANS..... That to me is Pathetic if true...

[@alexismelin1573]

Hey

[@sandravazquez9203]

Gens

[@KennyRyman]

Showbiz Had Better Pizza...

[@liamjackson7082]

Hell yes they did. And...if 'not kid friendly sauce' meant tat kids were choking on things like tomato chunks... I'm thinking that perhaps the kids are a little too young to eating pizza has in....wait til they have teeth. Lol

[@KingWaluigi07]

Does anyone like American dad

[@meaganh637]

This is just a filler Cec location that is just a waste.

[@randomstuff2530]

Owensboro actually closed around 1997-2002

[@JokerzGallery]

CiCi's Pizza > Showbiz/CEC & BWW

[@pac-kikin]

I have a suggestion

[@NathanSpies]

What's your suggestion?

[@JG1universe]

@@NathanSpies could you do mobile AL

[@pac-kikin]

@@NathanSpies make a Chuck E Cheese puppet (Avenger era only)