I remember the Chuck E Cheese near my house growing up in San Jose was a massive two story building. First floor had all the games that gave tickets, places to eat, animatronics, and ball pit. The 2nd floor was the arcade, which is where I spent most of my time. Loved going there.
Then we moved out to Colorado and all the Chuck E Cheese's out here were tiny, only had a handful of arcade cabinets and another hand full of ticket games, pretty much stopped going. Last time I went to one 5 years or so ago it was pretty dingy, everything looked old. Have they cleaned up in the past few years?