Chuck E. Cheese's coming to area.Byline: Tim Christie The Register-Guard SPRINGFIELD - Chuck E. Cheese's <noinclude></noinclude> Chuck E. Cheese's is a chain of family entertainment centers. The concept centers around a basic sit-down pizza restaurant, complemented by arcade games, small rides, animatronic characters, and other popular diversions for young , the Irving, Texas-based purveyor (World-Wide Web) Purveyor - A World-Wide Web server for Windows NT and Windows 95 (when available). http://process.com/. E-mail: <info@process.com>. of pizza, Skee-Ball and singing animals, is coming to town. The restaurant and family entertainment center will open in November or December in the south end of the food court of Gateway Mall Gateway Mall may refer to:
A video arcade (also known as an amusement arcade in the United Kingdom or a game center in Japan) is a place where people play arcade video games. , said Ron Glover, the shopping center's general manager. The company plans to do an extensive remodel re·mod·el tr.v. re·mod·eled also re·mod·elled, re·mod·el·ing also re·mod·el·ling, re·mod·els also re·mod·els To make over in structure or style; reconstruct. of the space, including putting in an exterior entrance, which will require the mall to move a set of flag poles, Glover said. Glover said he could not disclose the square footage of the restaurant, except to say it will be a "large-scale store." Chuck E. Cheese's, a 30-year-old publicly traded company publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. , operates 531 stores in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Canada. The restaurants are hugely popular for children's birthday parties: About 25 percent of the company's business comes from parties, spokeswoman Brenda Holloway said. In addition to pizza, the restaurants are known for a wide array of video games, climbing tubes and an animatronic animal band fronted by a singing, costumed Chuck E. Cheese. Although the Springfield store is one of eight to 12 new locations Chuck E. Cheese's plans to open this year, Holloway said, the company is focusing now not on adding new stores but on improving and renovating existing stores. Chuck E. Cheese's operates three stores in Oregon: one in Portland, one in Beaverton and one in Salem. Glover said he started pursuing Chuck E. Cheese's soon after taking over as general manager of Gateway Mall about two years ago. The restaurant fit with his desire to make the mall a family-friendly shopping center, he said. "Chuck E. Cheese's was an ideal opportunity for us to pursue," he said, "because they're not in this marketplace, they have a wonderful family-oriented concept and we have a beautiful location for them." Glover said he expects the restaurant to draw traffic to the mall not just from Eugene and Springfield but from the greater region. The restaurant appeals not only to kids, but also to grown-ups who have fond memories of going to Chuck E. Cheese's when they were young, he said. Glover said his daughter, a student at the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. , is a fan. "She's already challenged me to a game of Skee-Ball," he said. |
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