25 years ago this month in July 1980...

[dheineCECfan]

...the 2nd. ShowBiz Pizza Place location opened in Jacksonville, Florida which would become the first location to have the Creative Engeneering produced Rock-afire Explosion show.

[Lively Star King]

It's very interesting to know that the SPP in Jacksonville was the first location for the company to open up in the state of Florida. I wonder what is was like over there on the very first day that the facility was open to the public? From what most of us could easily imagine, the patrons probably found everything therein to be out of this world.:smokin:

Right now, I am wondering if anyone knows when the location that I visited frequently as a child first opened its doors. I was two years of age when my parents first took me to the SPP that was in the Mary Esther division of Fort Walton Beach. At that point, this particular location had probably been around for a fairly short time. We paid numerous visits to the establishment right up to the surprise of CU. The building for this store is no longer in existence.:ohwell:

[BLSTKRDR]

My billy bob came from the jacksonville showbiz

[CECTV]

Happy Aniversary!

[harveytwoface999]

My billy bob came from the jacksonville showbiz

So that would make your Billy Bob the first Showbiz-produced Billy Bob bot? Dang, that's got some value right there! :nerd:

[CEC3066]

it's probably the 2nd as i'm sure that the one on the CEI stage is the 1st.

[BLSTKRDR]

its probably the 8th or 10th.. because billy bob bots were the same as billy wilbert bots fom the hardluck bears. but i can say mine was the first billy bob to be in a showbiz pizza. Theres a date caved into the figure that says 9-23-81

[harveytwoface999]

That's what I meant - the first Billy Bob to be part of a Showbiz RAE show.