Quotes from a WSJ article about Chuck E. Cheese.  It’s just plain scary what happens when you mix parents, kids, and alcohol.  You get Agression (from the alcohol) and protective instincts of the parents don’t mix well.

“The biggest problem is you have a bunch of adults acting like juveniles,” says Town of Brookfield Police Capt. Timothy Imler. “There’s a biker bar down the street, and we rarely get calls there.”

“The biggest melee broke out in April, when an uninvited adult disrupted a child’s birthday party. Seven officers arrived and found as many as 40 people knocking over chairs and yelling in front of the restaurant’s music stage, where a robotic singing chicken and the chain’s namesake mouse perform.”

Link here.