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Article: Chuck E. Cheese: fun, food and noise
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- The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
- Article date:
- September 26, 2002
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Chuck E. Cheese
1701 E. Empire St., Bloomington
(309) 663-4486
Hours: 9 a.m.-10 p.m., Sun.-Thurs.; 9 a.m.-11 p.m., Fri.-Sat.
Pizzas and sub sandwich prices start at $4.99-$7.99. Various
packages available that include drinks and tokens.
Nolan Bushnell opened the first Chuck E. Cheese in 1977. He's the
same guy who founded Atari in 1972 and subsequently launched the
video game revolution by inventing Pong.
During the ensuing quarter-century, Chuck E. Cheese has grown to
encompass 417 stores in 46 states. The simple, social, maddening game
of Pong evolved into the splashy, noisy electronic wonderland that
defines Chuck E. Cheese.
Bloomington/Normal had a Chuck E. Cheese years ago but it ...