Almost every single store closing for the most part has been former SPP & PTTs. As they're the oldest stores and the most likely to have issues. But that being said it should be noted the company its self is on shaking grounds and that some of these closings seem to just be desperate to trim a massive amount of fat. The company is scrambling to figure out what to do hence why that survey was done although its way too late for anything meaningful to be done. Also a majority of CEC employees could care less about CEC Closing if the company would actually tell stores a decent amount before hand. They don't tell stores just so people don't leave before closing! They actually don't care about anyone.

I still cant believe its taken this long for cec to realize people hates 2.0

I feel like none of this would have happened without 2.0’s existence.

Genuinely have always thought the whole 2.0 remodel would be more expensive than maintaining the animatronics in general. This is not looking good for the company at all

We wouldn’t be in this situation if Showbiz pizza was still around 😭

They could’ve avoided this had they just done smarter things, like a new Rockstar animatronic band.

I the the fact most of these closures are 2.0s is the most fascinating part tbh. It kinda shows that it was a waste. Also with ND and SD without CEC, that drops the number of states from 47 states to 45

well they should've saw this coming due to them removing the animatronics and becoming a dave and busters!

WILD! The fact that fargo kept their older stuff just proves they are running low on money. Absolutely ridiculous.

It’s hits me hard cause Chuk e cheese was my childhood

They're opening a second CEC near me this fall but honestly they should just not get rid of the animatronics because it causes more locations to close

they deserve closure because that is what they get for removing animatronics.

It's almost like blowing millions and millions of dollars on the 2.0 remodels was a bad idea in every conceivable way...

I already knew this was gonna happen. When parents go to CEC they go to have fun with other families. They go for the food, parties, and prizes. They go get their kids out of the house and away from the technology and internet. CEC only made things worse by ‘modernizing’ locations with all sorta of App Store arcade style games that had no place in a family pizza place. Nuff said.

Yep, it's taken CEC executives far too long to realize that the 2.0 remodels are costing the company way too much money when they were already struggling to stay afloat and removing the animatronics was the worst possible decision they could have possibly made... they should have just made better versions of the animatronics to help keep the shows fresh and give them something to set them apart from other pizza arcade joints. But it's too late, as too many locations have already removed them. 🤦‍♂️

Even no 2.0 sucks im still sad that cec is closing

hmm maybe trying to remodel all locations all at once wasn’t such a good idea and so a few went to complete waste. (that’s probably my guess why this is happening.) Nice video btw! 👍

As a person from South Dakota, I couldn't stop freaking out when I discovered that my local Chuck E. Cheese was closing, it's such a shame to see the two Dakotas without a Chuck E. Cheese :(

The biggest loss to me with this whole 2.0 shit is the loss of the OG location in San Jose. I got to visit it once and, as someone who’s never seen those older models outside of the one used as decoration in the other San Jose location, it was truly incredible and like a look back in time. It’s really shocking that they chose that location out of all of them to shut down

Back in January, I took a friend to Airport Highway (A Non 2.0 Location, luckily) and we had lots of fun there.

I remember first going to Chuck E. Cheese on a school trip, it was quite a blast to be in. Very sad to see so many locations being closed this years which has never happened before since the pandemic, and it's actually shocking to hear that the 2.0 locations are actually half of the locations that are shut down so that's millions if not billions of dollars going to waste. All of the animatronics, all of the decorations, all of the soul and joy that was once in this very place are just gone and i am quite upset to hear that. Honestly whoever's in charge of the CEC entertainment must not know what they are doing cause all they know is make things worse as time went on, i really hope people who actually had experienced going to Chuck E. Cheese can find a way at some point to preserve the arcade pizzeria place so that future generations can have the experience like we experienced.

I visited the Fargo location at least once a year with my family on our road trips. Genuinely broke my heart to hear about its closing, and my brother, who is literally Chuck E Cheese everything is literally just so sad. Hold so many memories at that place. 🙏

I'm guessing it's just because of 2.0 doesn't have popularity

They're gonna go out of business in a couple of years due to the modern day world. I just wanna say though, generation Alpha will be the last generation to experience Chuck E Chesse's. By the time Gen Beta will be old enough to remember, CEC will not exist likely. Let's hope it does though.

I live close to the Monroeville location. I found out just by passing it today and ran to KZfaq to see if it was mentioned anywhere and came here

Sad too see just about 10 locations closing. Annapolis is now scheduled to close in early May I believe.

I’ve been going through some personal stuff recently and I just found this channel which has helped keep me calm thank you

That Arlington picture looks pretty sad if you think about it tbh

good thing the interactive consle was saved

Omaha Nebraska is the last location in Nebraska. It is rumored to Close its doors but its not for sure. It is my local. Used to be a 3 stage. got the 2.0 remodel and if it closes its doors that means another state will have no more Chuck E Cheeses.

6:07 bowling green (CEC corporate PLEASE do NOT close bowling green)

CEC is finally getting exactly what they deserve

IMPORTANT! THE BANDERA POINTE CEC IN SAN ANTONIO IS BECOMING A 2.0!

I don’t know if this is good or bad I want to say it’s good because Chuck E. Cheese released a survey about the foreseeable future of Chuck E. Cheese to us but it’s also bad because I feel like it might be the beginning of the end for Chuck E. Cheese I’m honestly scared for the future of Chuck E. Cheese’s 😣😣😣

People who worked at the old Metairie, Louisiana location got lucky it relocated to a new one.

I hope that neither of the two last closing CC locations have a full munches make believe band

In the long run, I think Huntington Beach got lucky; all of these closures make me feel massively disappointed.

The Fargo location closing I learned from Scott Cramer but how it closed was really shocking

Late but honestly a really sad occasion in modern cec. Annapolis, Omaha, and West Des Montes are rumored so let’s hope those venues and the rest of the bunch stay safe🙏!

CECs are closing left and right!

Hayward,Ca closed. Chuck E Cheese was part of our community since 1981.

Bring back OG Chuck E. Cheese

studio c was so good, when i was younger it was the only animatronic i was comfortable with. it sucks that this is happening, yet im not suprised.

YESSS GOODBYE 2.0 Kinda- :/

To be honest, that is crazy

I hate the 2.0’s including Mentor OH (where I used to go to) so I’m glad 2.0’s are closing

Only one Chuck E. Cheese with animatronics in Missouri

4:33 Sioux Falls SD was my second location I visited, I’m sad to see it go!

I hope I can give a bit of speculative context to Fargo’s. Recently our city opened a new sort of party space. It’s called KingPinz and if you google it, you can probably see why it would out preform. But on top of that, if you look at a map of Fargo, CC was tucked behind businesses off 13th Ave. When I was reading some comments on news channels, some were saying that they had lived here 10 years and never knew we had one. Part of the reason is CC never did much advertising but also as I mentioned, it was tucked behind buildings. Driving down 13th Ave, you’d never know it’s there unless you’ve lived in the area for decades. I’m 33 and had went there when I was 7. It’s the only reason I know we had one. My BF who is from another town, he had lived here 5 yrs before realizing we had one due to a birthday party for a younger relative. Plus we have another restaurant kinda similar called Space Aliens. One big difference there is you don’t need a kid to be able to eat there. So with this, I hope it gives more of an idea on what possibly happened at Fargo’s location. I hope those rare items will be spared. I do feel for the employees. It’s pretty tough nowadays.

The Bridgewater one was my childhood Chuck E. Cheese I remember having my birthday party there with my class in 1st grade and during 6th grade the school invited us to go to Chuck E. Cheese I should have went

Is Altoona pa closing and do they still have the 3 stage?

Huntington Beach is also closing and relocating in May 😢😢😢

Hopefully the one that I work at Ridge Road won’t close until further notice

Honestly when I heard about the news, I thought they were gonna permanently close all their locations But apparently they’re not and from what I’ve been told from my good friend his personal theory is that the only reason why they’re closing is they need more space for the trampoline zone but that’s just his opinion

filing for bankruptcy for the 40th time

If you ever wonder why Chuck E. Cheese locations close a good reason to tell is just compare them to their competitors. You will find that the newer locations with the animatronics removed tend to stack up the worst as on almost every category their competitors are equal or better to them.

Welp my theory of CEC going bankrupt from the damn stupid 2.0s is starting to happen, the CEC near me just got the stupid “upgrade” and it was at the time the *LAST 3-STAGE IN CALIFORNIA* now I ain’t even gonna bother going there since now it’s probably gonna close too

I’m 11 years old and I still go to Chuck E. Cheese 😅

I hope mine in Frederick, MD doesn’t close! 🥺

Cec Really Needs to calm down with the 2.0 remodels cuz if they make to much Cec might go bankruptcy Like There’s 2 rare locations Closing like Huntington Beach is closing mid late to 2024 the oldest location with a portrait stage and La Mesa has the 90s decor and La Mesa is closing somewhere in 2025

I used to go the the Monroeville pa location it was great it had the band i think the tokens and tickets

Noah: you just peeped its all going downhill from here honey.

All I can remember of chuck e cheese is getting a pencil instead of a whistle because my mom didn't accept it

There was a Chuck E Cheese in Orange Park Florida and I always went to it, before it recently got 2.0ified and I saw Chuck E Cheese promoting Lankybox, yes, the Content Farm.

I loved going to Chuck E. Cheese as a kid

Seems like they're going the same way Jeepers went going away overnight

The fact is that 2.0 has ruined several locations, and it goes to prove that the Animatronics were a *BIG* part of the audience apeal. Especially children, thanks to Five Night's at Freddy's. Lets hope CEC can dig out this hole in the future.

Not surprised at all, that’s what happens when you don’t listen to the fans.

LET'S GO

Idk but last time I went in The one in i-280 had not remodeled and Had the Beta Studio C or idk if it updated

hot take:if they ignored the drop down in sales in avenger era..and kept going they MAYBE wouldve gotten a better premise if they didnt create rockstar...(i dont hate rockstar era its just that i undoubtedly love avenger 10x more than rock star..)

Ngl Chuck E. Cheese was good when toys r us was still open

I’m saved since nothing has been said about the CEC in Hyattsville, MD

Well, there goes my childhood 😢

I predicted they would close every store this year, do I'm kinda sad I figured that'd happen

oh no, i live near hagerstown but my location closing is kinda surprising...

CEC corporate should’ve listened thought twice before getting rid of the animatronics, the animatronics are what made cec famous in the first place well we will just have to see happens in the near future

The owner of the interactive console is showbiz pizza time bros

I never realized the Chuck E Cheese fandom went this deep

Not bridge water that broke my heart 😢😢

How they got rid of their selling point and didn't realize people hate it is beyond me.

Did you hear the next retro store is in Nanuet ny.

I wouldn’t be surprised if my Chuck E. Cheese’s of Greenwood Mall in Bowling Green would also shut down, but I’ve only been in there once back when I was a kid, I constantly begged for my mom to take me there a bunch of times back then, but my mom had some concern about the animatronics in there, I don’t remember if I saw them or not, but I feel my mom was wanting me to steer clear of them because they’re either too scary even back when she was a kid, back when the place was a Showtime Pizza Place and it was in a different location not far from where the CEC currently is, or she my worry if I get up close and personal to them, thinking the characters are real, there might be a good chance that something bad will happen to me once one of the animatronics started malfunctioning and resulting in a disaster. Though whenever they decide to shut this location down, they’re might be a good chance a Dave & Buster’s would take its place in entertainment, and when it does, we’ll go there on occasion. Because CEC has a policy on children being a requirement for entry, and my siblings and I getting too old to go in anymore. Dave & Buster’s is made for an older crowd and not just kids, so seeing a D&B in Greenwood Mall is going to be a huge relief for my mom and everyone else in the family. TL;DR if Chuck E. Cheese’s closes down, I’ll start getting my hopes up for Dave & Buster’s.

People these days got to stop closing down chuck .E cheese and it’s a good place for kids and it’s childhood too.

Chuck E cheese lore 😳

2.0 shouldve kept the animatronics if not the studio c models they seem to be the most fluent and can easily be turned into djs. if they wanted and they should turn them into activity centers, not just an arcade, but actual other activities like trampolines, building centers, and so on while having sections rated by age and skill. With ai we need to stimulate creativity and make it a positive. But obviously they wouldnt do this, cause corporate 😒 deff need people to sneak some pieces especially the rare ones.

Do you know if the Wilkes Barre, PA location will close any time soon?

I WANNA CRY!

If the Lexington Ky Chuck E Cheese gets closed, I am gonna be so sad...

My local Bridgewater closed, and i'm not wasting more money just to go to Edison or Union.

Ive been chatting with kupferman and trying to convince him to listen to and communicate to the community

They closed the one that that one gmod fnaf map was modeled after?

I think there going too open more locations with animatronics because people hate 2.0 locations

I hope 3.0 will be a hunted horror attraction

I heard the Chuck E. Cheese in Huntington Beach will be closing in mid to late 2024😢 It’s really sad that the last 1970s Chuck E. Cheese will be closing sense the Chuck E. Cheese in San Jose ( Kooser) which was the second to last Chuck E. Cheese in the 1970s

Have @Wonderful New Year's!// thanks

Did chuck e cheese marooneville pa arlington tx fargo nd brigewater nj joplin mi sioux falls sd devamport ia and hagrestown ml got 2.0?

Hopfouly, they're gona open another atlest 10 normal location whitout animatronics, and if they open 2.0s, atlest make adventure chuck a thing agin and put the animatronics back, maby they could make a similar thing like the 1997 stage (the one whit the chuck that they inspierd to the movie galaxy 5000) And they can do a cool chuck e chisees whit adventure chuck head and rokstar chuck clothes, and whit a C cap

If they themed them around fnaf they would make millions lol

I drew a custom 1991 replica poster of that Chuck E.