Final Blockbuster In Australia To Close, Leaving Only One Location On The Planet
By Chris Evangelista/March 6, 2019 9:30 am EST
Raise a glass to the soon-to-be-last Blockbuster Video on earth, located in Bend, Oregon. The Australian Associated Press has confirmed that one of the two remaining Blockbusters, located in the Perth, Australia suburb of Morley, is shuttering. “We put in a pretty good effort to be the last one in Australia, I suppose, but it was going to happen eventually and now is the time,” said co-owner Lyn Borszeky.
Most of the stores closed up shop, but there were a few lingering locations. As recently as last year, there were three Blockbusters remaining in America – two in Alaska, one in Oregon. But in summer 2018, the two Alaska locations announced they would be closing, leaving only Oregon standing in the United States. Meanwhile, elsewhere in the world, the Australian location held fast…until it didn’t.
Here’s hoping the Oregon location remains, if only for historical significance. That location still attracts a steady stream of customers, and the store even brewed their own beer recently. On top of that, the owner of the Oregon location owns half the building, which means rent isn’t an issue. Perhaps this is what’s kept the store alive while the others have died, and perhaps that will keep it going. In the meantime, be sure to look for the Blockbuster Video cameo in Captain Marvel when it hits theaters this weekend. Now feel free to listen to this while daydreaming about renting videos.
