Sept. 9 is said to be the world’s most common birthday, and to celebrate, Chuck E. Cheese is giving away 1,000 free birthday parties to families across the world.

Nevertheless, it was the favored spot for '90s kids birthday parties ... come back to the same question: Where did Chuck E.

Cheese was once the go-to spot for birthday parties ... dollars in debt and a 21% drop in sales in the first quarter of 2020, Chuck E. Cheese declared bankruptcy in June. So what happened?