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10:58, 13-Jul-2018
Last Alaska Blockbusters set to close, leaving 1 store in US
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10:28, 16-Jul-2018
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Alaska’s last two Blockbuster video stores are calling it quits, leaving just one store open in the rest of the nation.
Kevin Daymude, general manager of Blockbuster Alaska, says the stores in Anchorage and Fairbanks will close for rentals after Sunday night. The stores will get rid of their videos in a liquidation sale that starts Tuesday.
May 2, 2018: A display case featuring the DVD of the movie “Cinderella Man” and the jockstrap worn by actor Russell Crowe in the movie at a Blockbuster video store in Anchorage, Alaska, US. /AP Photo
May 2, 2018: A display case featuring the DVD of the movie “Cinderella Man” and the jockstrap worn by actor Russell Crowe in the movie at a Blockbuster video store in Anchorage, Alaska, US. /AP Photo
The closures come just two months after the host of HBO’s “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” sent a jockstrap worn by Russell Crowe in the 2005 movie “Cinderella Man” to the Anchorage store, which displayed it in an effort to ramp up business.
Daymude says the buzz from the Oliver connection brought business to the store. But it wasn’t enough to counter a planned lease increase.
May 2, 2018: Blockbuster Alaska General Manager Kevin Daymude moves a display case featuring the jockstrap worn by actor Russell Crowe in the 2005 movie “Cinderella Man” at a Blockbuster video store in Anchorage, Alaska, US. /AP Photo
May 2, 2018: Blockbuster Alaska General Manager Kevin Daymude moves a display case featuring the jockstrap worn by actor Russell Crowe in the 2005 movie “Cinderella Man” at a Blockbuster video store in Anchorage, Alaska, US. /AP Photo
The closures will leave the Blockbuster in Bend, Oregon, as the sole holdout.
(Cover: File photo taken on May 2, 2018 shows the exterior of a Blockbuster Video store in Anchorage, Alaska. /AP Photo)
Source(s): AP