BLOCKBUSTER..

[JimSawhill]

The former Blockbuster in Colchester CT was also a huge location. They are dividing into 3 units, a Starbucks is relocating from another location in town, an AT&T retailer and another store will open by end of winter.

The old Blockbuster on East Hillsborough Ave in Tampa was subdivided into a Cricket mobile phone store, a wig store and an empty space. The space just opened after 5 years of being empty. Another Blockbuster became a Beef O'Brady restaurant.

[Hudsons81]

The former Blockbuster in Colchester CT was also a huge location. They are dividing into 3 units, a Starbucks is relocating from another location in town, an AT&T retailer and another store will open by end of winter.

The former Southgate, Michigan Blockbuster was divided into Wild Bill's Tobacco and RX Optical.

[TheFugitive]

The Blockbuster that was closest to me is now a Mexican grocery that serves up
the yummiest street tacos south of the Monongahela.   ;)

Another one a few miles down the road is now split between an ice cream stand
and a dry cleaner.

[Retail Fan+ (Justin Hill)]

If anyone's interested, here's a listing of the remaining franchised Blockbuster Video stores:
http://www.blockbuster.com/franchise.html

[JimSawhill]

I wonder if Dish will tell the franchises to change their name. Are they selling franchises??

[Chuck E. Cheese]

When I took out my Blockbuster DVD cases from when one of my stores (Clinton, CT I think..) I've been seeing a bunch of Blockbuster related signs. Weird.
Now that o have to be part of history I'm going to have to mail one of those franchise stores so they can send me a membership card, lol.

[retailfan]

Dish has pretty much left the name to die . Blockbusters streaming service is now called Sling .
My roku box has a dedicated button for Blockbuster  but now it just comes up asking you to install the Sling app .

[Chuck E. Cheese]

I suppose when time travel is invented I'll be able to properly experience it along with Ames.

[dmx10101]

Dish has pretty much left the name to die . Blockbusters streaming service is now called Sling .
My roku box has a dedicated button for Blockbuster  but now it just comes up asking you to install the Sling app .

Looks like you are correct..
https://www.sling.com/blockbuster

[Pikapower]

I suppose when time travel is invented I'll be able to properly experience it along with Ames.

Or you can just go to a Blockbuster Video store and a get membership card and rent movies if time travel is invented! ;)

[Retail Fan+ (Justin Hill)]

I suppose when time travel is invented I'll be able to properly experience it along with Ames.

Or you can just go to a Blockbuster Video store and a get membership card and rent movies if time travel is invented! ;)

Or visit their remaining stores in Alaska and Texas.

[Chuck E. Cheese]

^ Yeah, that's on my long-term bucket list.

[shore72]

Going to Blockbuster used to be a treat to me; coming from a small town I usually had to deal with the poor selection at the small local stores. Then, my best friend's sister got a job in one location and of course they were always renting something. My girlfriend at the time shared my interest in oddball films (or maybe she was just very tolerant of my interest!) and we delved deep into the aisles at the Salisbury, MD BB. I remember renting "Groove Tube", "Kentucky Fried Movie" and "Plan 9 From Outer Space" among many others. It seems like a million years ago...and seems like only yesterday!

[Retail Fan+ (Justin Hill)]

Blockbuster has 12 locations left in the United States.
Blockbuster has 27 locations left in Australia.

[Chuck E. Cheese]

Yep - I put that 27 mark on Wikipedia after doing the research for my site..waiting to find another map provider for it because Google has layered limits..sometime soon..

[Retail Fan+ (Justin Hill)]

Here's a Gaming Historian video about Nintendo and their battle against video rental chains in the 1980s and 1990s including Nintendo's battle with Blockbuster Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3xuy5YALl0