Fresno, CA (5384 N Blackstone Ave)

Lounge Area (May 6, 1984)

Fresno, CA (5384 N Blackstone Ave) was a Pizza Time Theatre that opened on June 28, 1980(6) with a Cyberamics Portrait Shelf Stage, which closed in May of 1985.https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-fresno-bee-fresno-jun-25-1985/86368897/ This is not to be confused with the ShowBiz Pizza store on Fresno, CA (3117 W Shaw Ave) that opened on October 28th, 1982 with a Classic Stage and is still operational as a Chuck E. Cheese’s with a Studio C Alpha as of September 2023 and the Fresno, CA (7809 N Blackstone Ave) location that opened on September 24th, 2002 with a Studio C Beta and is also still operational as of September 2023.

Stages

The store would open with a Cyberamics Portrait Shelf Stage that lasted throughout the store’s run. It also had a lounge with The King King Kat (Lounge) and a Cabaret with Dolli Dimples (Cabaret).(1)(2)

History

The location originally started as a Country Boy Market store, before being remodeled at the cost of $600,000 in 1980 into a Pizza Time Theatre. During the planning of the restaurant in April of 1980, it was announced to be opening around June 15th of that year.(2) This would later be pushed back to June 28th.(6) Tom Warnshius, a former manager of the Old Spaghetti Factory, would be the opening manager of the location.(5) The location would later close in May of 1985.(0)

Animatronics