AMHERST, NY-- 2 On Your Side has confirmed that the Amherst Town Board may soon vote on whether the Chuck E. Cheese on Harlem Road can keep its game room license.
That's in the wake of several fights and incidents at the business.
The Buffalo News first reported this development on Monday afternoon.
Town Attorney Stanley J. Sliwa tells us they are giving Chuck E. Cheese a chance to respond to 19 drafted charges it will make to improve safety, before the board votes on the game room license.
Chuck E. Cheese will respond to those charges during a work session on Monday. On Friday, the town supervisor, town attorney, and a board member met with the company's COO and its local attorney to talk about the security improvements the restaurant's made.
Through our reporting, we've learned there have been nearly two-hundred calls in the last five years for a police response to that Harlem Road plaza. According to Amherst Police, the vast majority were for situations at Chuck E Cheese. One of the most recent was a fight in April. Video of it ended up all over the internet. A town board member told us she feels like the restaurant's making an effort.
"They'll be booking less parties, there will be more space between the groups, they took out some tables, they took out games so that they have better sight lines. They put in more banks of monitors," Amherst Town Board Member Jacqui Berger said.
They will address the board on July 9 and the board will vote afterward. Terrence Connors, an attorney representing Chuck E. Cheese, issued this statement:
“I can confirm that the town has made it clear that they want to see changes and we look forward to collaborating with them on the necessary changes. We had a productive meeting last Friday.”