The few remaining Blockbuster locations did get a recent assist from Last Week Tonight’s John Oliver.
While this is far from the first story of a Blockbuster closing, or even a major business going under.
But as further specified in today’s announcement, the owner of Alaska’s remaining Blockbuster Video locations made up his mind nine months prior, as renewing the leases on either store wasn’t financially sound.
The host and his HBO show won some memorabilia from Russell Crowe’s “Art of Divorce” auction, and donated it to the remaining Anchorage location, in the hopes that it may help them stay open.