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Nov 3, 2022 · The Blockbuster Name Is Still Alive in 2022 — Where to Find a Location. After getting crushed by its competitors, Blockbuster filed for bankruptcy in 2010 and a few stores survived. Is...
- Jennifer Farrington
Mar 7, 2019 · A Blockbuster store in Bend, Oregon—the last U.S.-based survivor of the video rental chain—is about to become the last Blockbuster store in the entire world, CNN reports. The news comes as...
- Emily Petsko
- Becoming The Last Blockbuster Store
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- The Last Blockbuster’s Legacy
It’s important to note just how steep Blockbuster’s fall from grace has been. While the company managed to eke out some marketshare and survive the 2000s, Blockbuster went bankrupt in 2010 as at-home services became the norm. Only a handful of independent Blockbuster franchises remained in the aftermath. Within a decade of streaming services arrivi...
After briefly closing when the coronavirus emerged, Harding implemented a crafty curbside service alternative in March 2020, like many other businesses across the country. Harding reassessed safety measures inside, hired a local artist to paint the curbside window, and reopenedto massive crowds in April. “I wasn’t able to keep people apart, and I t...
When Harding reopened the store, some of her most devoted customers personally professed how much they appreciated her efforts. “I had a customer come in and she said, ‘I am so grateful that you reopened, because I couldn’t flip through Netflix one more time.'” As it turns out, non-streamers have been so drawn to the Oregon Blockbuster store becaus...
While Netflix is largely responsible for putting Blockbuster out of business, the rental company made its own bed by rejecting the streamer’s offer to acquire it in 2000. For generations who experienced Blockbuster’s heyday, however, there’s still a way to return to that golden era without traveling all the way to Bend. Directed by Taylor Morden, T...
Oct 30, 2022 · The last Blockbuster Video store is located in Bend, Oregon, and is run by Sandi Harding. As Dish Network no longer gives out Blockbuster franchises, the store in Bend is the last survivor of this giant chain of video rental stores.
Apr 2, 2023 · As locations around the world closed, the location in Bend held on and became the last remaining store in operation in 2019. Now, it's a fully operational video-rental store (and nostalgia museum...
- Molly Allen
- Henry Blodget
Apr 17, 2021 · The last Blockbuster in the world, located in Bend, Oregon, is weathering the pandemic by tapping into the nostalgia of the iconic video store chain, while also offering sleepovers through...
Feb 20, 2024 · The Oregon Location Is Still Open. Here's Where You Can Find The World’s Last Blockbuster Store. The Pacific Northwest location is still renting out movies today. Netflix’s ironic new comedy...
