Salnax said:
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Blockbuster still exists! Yerp, believe it or not, there is still one whole Blockbuster store that remains open to this very day! It's located in Bend, Oregon, which is a smallish but up-and-coming hipster haven where people tend to favor local, indie, and retro stuff like that, and which is also, increasingly, a tourist destination. Here's their website.
The Bend Blockbuster is apparently surviving the coronavirus pandemic just fine, incidentally! The other month they ran a pretty awesome three-day event that made the national news where four people per evening could rent out the store overnight and watch movies in a '90s style living room set-up complete with couch-bed, a huge, era-appropriate TV, and ready access to a metric ton of VHS tapes for $4 per person. The lady who manages the Bend Blockbuster store stocks the shelves with videos she just buys herself, which not every retailer is technically supposed to be allow but they let her do that anyway because they know her and support the store.
I've never been able to go to Bend, but incidentally I love that there's still one whole Blockbuster around, so I've purchased a membership card for $2 on their site to support them.
