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Alaska's Last Two Blockbusters Are Closing, Leaving Just One In the US (adn.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the sign-of-the-times dept.

According to Anchorage Daily News, the two remaining Blockbuster stores in Alaska are set to close, leaving just one location left in the United States. The last one standing in the U.S. is in Bend, Oregon. From the report: The stores, one on DeBarr Road in Anchorage and the other in Fairbanks, will close Monday for rental business, a post on the Facebook page for Blockbuster in Alaska said Thursday afternoon. They will reopen at noon Tuesday for an inventory sales that will run through July and August. Thursday's news follows a smattering of other recent Blockbuster closures across the state, which had 13 Blockbusters in 2013 and was down to nine stores by 2016. As Blockbuster stores disappeared from most of the Lower 48 in recent years, the brand long managed to persist in Alaska. Some have said expensive internet here is one reason why. The stores have also been a destination for some who visit just for the nostalgia.

4 of 100 comments (clear)

  1. Re:What is it by Thud457 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    A "Blockbuster" was sneakernet netflix, sonny

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    the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

  2. Russell Crowe's Jockstrap by mrbumptz · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Doesn't bring 'em in the way it used to

  3. It's apparently not due to lack of interest by n3r0.m4dski11z · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If its a similar story to a recent one i heard about, they cant get product anymore. I am not sure why they couldnt get dvds, as i assume that they dont rent VHS anymore ( you can still buy dvds right?). Buy anyways sounds like the parent distributor is closing up shop.

    Comox Valley's last video store to close, but not due to lack of demand

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  4. Re:What is it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    A "Blockbuster" was sneakernet netflix, sonny

    I wonder if there would be any value in something the size of say a chromecast dongle or similar that you push into a kiosk and store a few movies.

    Basically you could get temporary copies of movies and not need to take them back. Charge say $100 for the device so its not a useful way to store movies forever, and of course there is no reasonable way to export them. When you finally do go back it deletes old movies. The device should just be hdmi and usb power maybe with smartphone app control.

    Maybe for 4k?

    Transfer (write) speed for an M2 module is around 700MB/s so this is feasible, assuming the security can be handled.