CEC Entertainment Concepts, LP

CEC Entertainment Concepts, LP is an operating entity associated with CEC Entertainment, LLC, the parent company of the well-known family entertainment and restaurant brand Chuck E. Cheese. Headquartered in Irving, Texas, the company in its current form emerged from the 1985 merger of ShowBiz Pizza Place and Chuck E. Cheese's Pizza Time Theatre, which was originally founded in 1977. After filing for bankruptcy in 2020, the parent company is now privately owned by Monarch Alternative Capital. While specific figures for the LP are not public, a 2023 report cited parent company revenues of approximately $1.2 billion.

The company's primary operations involve running and franchising family entertainment centers that combine a restaurant, primarily serving pizza, with arcade games, amusement rides, and live entertainment. CEC Entertainment operates nearly 600 Chuck E. Cheese locations and more than 120 Peter Piper Pizza restaurants, a brand it acquired in 2014. The company also manages the intellectual property of its brands for licensing and consumer products and operates a virtual kitchen concept called Pasqually's Pizza & Wings.

Based on its litigation history, CEC Entertainment Concepts, LP is an operating company that defends against patent lawsuits. It has been named as a defendant in one tracked case and has not been a plaintiff. This posture is typical for a company focused on providing goods and services rather than patent monetization. The single case was filed in the Northern District of Texas, which is also the location of the company's headquarters.

The company's only tracked patent suit is AML IP LLC v. CEC Entertainment Concepts, LP, filed in April 2026. The plaintiff, AML IP LLC, is a non-practicing entity (NPE) that has filed numerous lawsuits against retailers and restaurant chains over patents related to e-commerce technology. This indicates that CEC Entertainment is, like many operating companies, a target of patent assertion entities.