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{{Short description|Blockbuster video store in Bend, Oregon, U.S.}}
{{Short description|Blockbuster video store in Bend, Oregon, U.S.}}

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[[File:Exterior of last Blockbuster Video.jpg|thumb|The store's exterior in 2018]]
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| address = 211 NE Revere Ave<br>[[Bend, Oregon]]
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| opened_date = 1992 (as Pacific Video)<br>2000 (as Blockbuster)<ref>{{Cite web|last=Press|first=The Associated|date=2019-03-18|title=‘We didn’t want to give in’: Bend Blockbuster is last in the world|url=https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2019/03/we-didnt-want-to-give-in-bend-blockbuster-is-last-in-the-world.html|access-date=2021-03-18|website=oregonlive|language=en}}</ref>
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[[File:Interior of last Blockbuster Video.jpg|thumb|Interior, 2018]]
[[File:Interior of last Blockbuster Video.jpg|thumb|Interior, 2018]]
[[Bend, Oregon]] is home to the last [[Blockbuster LLC]] store.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.today.com/news/blockbuster-bend-oregon-now-last-one-world-t149962|title=It's official: There's only one Blockbuster left in the world|website=TODAY.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/07/14/why-are-you-still-here-inside-the-last-blockbuster-left-in-america/|title=‘Why are you still here?’: Inside the last Blockbuster in America|first=Alex|last=Horton|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}</ref>
'''Blockbuster''' is a [[Video rental shop|video rental store]] in [[Bend, Oregon]]. Since 2019, it is the last remaining [[Blockbuster LLC|Blockbuster]] retail store in the world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.today.com/news/blockbuster-bend-oregon-now-last-one-world-t149962|title=It's official: There's only one Blockbuster left in the world|website=TODAY.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/07/14/why-are-you-still-here-inside-the-last-blockbuster-left-in-america/|title=‘Why are you still here?’: Inside the last Blockbuster in America|first=Alex|last=Horton|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Hsu|first=Tiffany|date=2019-03-07|title=The World’s Last Blockbuster Has No Plans to Close (Published 2019)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/06/business/last-blockbuster-store.html|access-date=2021-03-18|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

The location was opened by Ken Tisher in 1992 as the second location of Pacific Video, a small video rental store chain in Oregon.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About|url=https://bendblockbuster.com/about/|access-date=2021-03-18|website=Blockbuster|language=en-US}}</ref> In 2000, it was converted into a Blockbuster [[Franchising|franchise store]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Last Blockbuster Video Store in the U.S.|url=https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/last-blockbuster-video-store-in-the-us/#.YFLlcy2cbOQ|access-date=2021-03-18|website=www.oregonencyclopedia.org}}</ref> Blockbuster closed all of their corporately-owned stores in 2013, leaving the Bend location as one of 50 remaining stores operating a franchises.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Press|first=Associated|date=2013-11-06|title=Dish to close rest of its Blockbuster stores in US|url=https://www.deseret.com/2013/11/6/20458772/dish-to-close-rest-of-its-blockbuster-stores-in-us|access-date=2021-03-18|website=Deseret News|language=en}}</ref> In July 2018, it became the last remaining Blockbuster in the Unites States, and in March 2019 the last in the world.<ref>{{Cite web|title=There Will Only Be 1 Blockbuster in America Soon|url=https://time.com/5337725/last-blockbuster-america-oregon/|access-date=2021-03-18|website=Time}}</ref>

Sandi Harding is the general manager.<ref>{{Cite web|title=The last Blockbuster in America: How it survived while all others failed|url=https://www.kgw.com/article/news/nation-world/the-last-blockbuster-in-america-how-it-survived-while-all-others-failed/507-575016459|website=kgw.com}}</ref> Harding typically purchases new releases on Tuesdays from nearby [[Big-box store|big-box stores]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Sharf|first=Zack|last2=Sharf|first2=Zack|date=2020-05-14|title=The World’s Last Blockbuster Overcame Netflix, Now It’s Surviving the Pandemic|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2020/05/blockbuster-video-store-surviving-pandemic-1202231221/|access-date=2021-03-18|website=IndieWire|language=en}}</ref>


The store hosted [[sleepover]]s via [[Airbnb]] in September 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/world-s-last-blockbuster-transforms-90s-themed-airbnb-n1236476|title=World's last Blockbuster transforms into '90s-themed Airbnb|website=NBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/17/21372440/blockbuster-video-store-airbnb-location-price-movies-booking|title=The world’s last Blockbuster is now open for slumber parties|first=Monica|last=Chin|date=August 17, 2020|website=The Verge}}</ref>
The store hosted [[sleepover]]s via [[Airbnb]] in September 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/world-s-last-blockbuster-transforms-90s-themed-airbnb-n1236476|title=World's last Blockbuster transforms into '90s-themed Airbnb|website=NBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/8/17/21372440/blockbuster-video-store-airbnb-location-price-movies-booking|title=The world’s last Blockbuster is now open for slumber parties|first=Monica|last=Chin|date=August 17, 2020|website=The Verge}}</ref>
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10 Barrel released a dark ale called The Last Blockbuster.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/last-blockbuster-releases-craft-beer-10-barrel|title=The Last Blockbuster Video Is Getting Its Own Craft Beer|first=Andy|last=Kryza|website=Thrillist}}</ref>
10 Barrel released a dark ale called The Last Blockbuster.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thrillist.com/drink/nation/last-blockbuster-releases-craft-beer-10-barrel|title=The Last Blockbuster Video Is Getting Its Own Craft Beer|first=Andy|last=Kryza|website=Thrillist}}</ref>

Sandi Harding is the general manager.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kgw.com/article/news/nation-world/the-last-blockbuster-in-america-how-it-survived-while-all-others-failed/507-575016459|title=The last Blockbuster in America: How it survived while all others failed|website=kgw.com}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 05:42, 18 March 2021

Blockbuster (Bend, Oregon)
The store's exterior in 2018
Map
Alternative namesThe Last Blockbuster
General information
Address211 NE Revere Ave
Bend, Oregon
Opened1992 (as Pacific Video)
2000 (as Blockbuster)[1]
Known forLast remaining Blockbuster retail store
Website
bendblockbuster.com
Interior, 2018

Blockbuster is a video rental store in Bend, Oregon. Since 2019, it is the last remaining Blockbuster retail store in the world.[2][3][4]

The location was opened by Ken Tisher in 1992 as the second location of Pacific Video, a small video rental store chain in Oregon.[5] In 2000, it was converted into a Blockbuster franchise store.[6] Blockbuster closed all of their corporately-owned stores in 2013, leaving the Bend location as one of 50 remaining stores operating a franchises.[7] In July 2018, it became the last remaining Blockbuster in the Unites States, and in March 2019 the last in the world.[8]

Sandi Harding is the general manager.[9] Harding typically purchases new releases on Tuesdays from nearby big-box stores.[10]

The store hosted sleepovers via Airbnb in September 2020.[11][12]

The store is the subject of the 2020 documentary film The Last Blockbuster.[13][14][15] It continued to operate without laying off staff during the COVID-19 pandemic.[16]

10 Barrel released a dark ale called The Last Blockbuster.[17]

References

  1. ^ Press, The Associated (2019-03-18). "'We didn't want to give in': Bend Blockbuster is last in the world". oregonlive. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  2. ^ "It's official: There's only one Blockbuster left in the world". TODAY.com.
  3. ^ Horton, Alex. "'Why are you still here?': Inside the last Blockbuster in America" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  4. ^ Hsu, Tiffany (2019-03-07). "The World's Last Blockbuster Has No Plans to Close (Published 2019)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  5. ^ "About". Blockbuster. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  6. ^ "Last Blockbuster Video Store in the U.S." www.oregonencyclopedia.org. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  7. ^ Press, Associated (2013-11-06). "Dish to close rest of its Blockbuster stores in US". Deseret News. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  8. ^ "There Will Only Be 1 Blockbuster in America Soon". Time. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  9. ^ "The last Blockbuster in America: How it survived while all others failed". kgw.com.
  10. ^ Sharf, Zack; Sharf, Zack (2020-05-14). "The World's Last Blockbuster Overcame Netflix, Now It's Surviving the Pandemic". IndieWire. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
  11. ^ "World's last Blockbuster transforms into '90s-themed Airbnb". NBC News.
  12. ^ Chin, Monica (August 17, 2020). "The world's last Blockbuster is now open for slumber parties". The Verge.
  13. ^ Oregonian/OregonLive, Kristi Turnquist | The (March 9, 2021). "'The Last Blockbuster' documentary, about Bend video store, is coming to Netflix in 'an ironic twist of fate'". oregonlive.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ Bulletin, DAVID JASPER The. "Talking blockbusters with 'The Last Blockbuster' filmmaker". The Bulletin.
  15. ^ Fleming, Kirsten (December 17, 2020). "The last Blockbuster store is a beacon for movie nostalgia".
  16. ^ "The world's last remaining Blockbuster store still open despite coronavirus". May 14, 2020.
  17. ^ Kryza, Andy. "The Last Blockbuster Video Is Getting Its Own Craft Beer". Thrillist.
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