There's still one remaining Blockbuster video store left in the world, in Oregon

[Long Duck Dong]

2 closed in July in Alaska
1 closed in Perth Australia on Friday

Leaving one more in Bend OR. In addition to the high population of older people, it looks like the locals and tourists are keeping it alive just because

Fifteen years ago, a movie fan could go into any of Blockbuster’s 9,000 stores and walk out with a Steven Spielberg hit.

That will make the Blockbuster in Bend, Ore., one of a kind: a corporate remnant, just off the highway, near a cannabis retailer and a pet cremation service.

But this is no elegy for Blockbuster, no lament for how Netflix killed the video star. There were plenty of those when the company filed for bankruptcy protection in 2010, shriveled to 300 stores and then mostly closed.

This is about the ability of the Bend store, like sturdy links in other dying chains, to live on and avoid being turned into a pawnshop or a fast-food restaurant.

Some Tower Records stores still thrive in Japan long after their parent company declared bankruptcy and closed all of its American stores. There is a Howard Johnson’s in Lake George, N.Y., that is the lone survivor of what was once the country’s largest restaurant chain.

Such holdouts have bucked the norm in the retail and restaurant industries, which have shed stores by the hundreds in recent years.

Keep it alive or let it die a quick death?

Remember those fvckin late fees???

[highwhey]

talk about memories. late night runs to blockbuster to rent a ps2 game or dvd. good times.

[SomeBlackDude]

just a reminder that blockbuster could've bought netflix for $50 million in 2000.

today netflix has 148 million subscribers in 190 different countries and brought in $15.8 billion in revenue last year.

and blockbuster only exists in one store in bend, oregon.

life comes at you fast.

[Draz]

just a reminder that blockbuster could've bought netflix for $50 million in 2000.

today netflix has 148 million subscribers in 190 different countries and brought in $15.8 billion in revenue last year.

and blockbuster only exists in one store in bend, oregon.

life comes at you fast.

Bad investing. They didn't see technology improving.

Reminds me of MySpace. Social engineering is important too.

[fsvr54]

If people like it and it doesn't hurt anyone, keep it alive...

Seems there's a dispensary right next to it.

Rent a movie after buying my weed? Sounds like fun.

[Raymone]

I'm surprised they weren't able to remain profitable solely from how much they raped you with late fees.

[Mask the Embiid]

talk about memories. late night runs to blockbuster to rent a ps2 game or dvd. good times.

Idk if it was Hollywood video or some knock-off place that was near me as a kid.I remember they had a deal where it was rent 5 games for $5 dollars(so 1 dollar each game) for 5 days(during the summertime those 5 days felt like a month)



those were the days...Didnt take much as a kid....really shouldnt of used this gif to go with this memory...

[imdaman99]

It could still work in a city where there was so no internet. But alas, no populated city like that exists nowadays