I think there’s only one left in Seattle now: Scarecrow Video. The second-to-last video store here closed just 3 months ago.
We have one video store which has a decent collection of films. They sold off all their VHS tapes 25 years ago. They have always offered free popcorn and have branched into video games. But they still are plugging away.
That I know of the last chain of DVD rental stores in New Hampshire was Movie Scene and the last of those closed in 2012. The one nearest me closed a year or three earlier than that.
Damn. I knew Vulcan Video had closed last year but I wasn’t aware I Luv Video had also closed.
I don’t know about Rasputin Music but I found this recent article about Video Wave in Noe Valley. The article described it as the last operating video rental store in the San Francisco area.
I was wrong. Some more searching and I found that VU (aka Video Underground) is still in business.
There’s an article in Wikipedia about Rasputin Music:
Their website indicates they still have physical stores in Berkeley, Fresno, Campbell, Modesto, and Pleasant Hill. I’ll have to check out the Campbell store…
When they were in Mountain View, I use to drop by occasionally…it was fun to browse…
That’s the one in Jamaica Plain that I mentioned.
Sorry. I missed that mention in your post.
Yes!!
I’d never been to Videoflicks, and apparently I missed my chance, as they closed in 2019.
Yes there are.
Wow, what a shame! I specifically checked before I posted and their website is still up, but I do notice now that the little Google popup on the right says “temporarily closed”. Maybe there’s still hope that after this COVID plague they might re-open, but I suspect the odds are slim.
Yes. Casa Video. They have lots of foreign films.
If they’re still in business (and Google Maps suggests that they are), they haven’t updated their “New Releases of the Week” feature on their website since March of 2020 (as that’s when those films came out on home video).
Yeah, I noticed that but they are open.
I am the OP of this thread. So I will officially say it is not necessary to limit your posts to a yes or no. If there is a still operating video rental store in your area, feel free to give its name and location.
I admit, I thought you might have been in my regional neighborhood
“Casa Video” <–> “Video Casa”
Tripler
Mi casa de video es nuestro casa de video.
Victoria still has Pic-a-Flic Video, in its (I think) fourth location now, with tons of foreign/cult stuff, going on 40 years. Owner Rob said it’s not going gangbusters, but fortunately niether is it on life support.
ETA: Not to be confused with scamsite pickaflick.co
In Suffolk, Virginia, the Blockbuster that I worked at closed in March or April of 2013. They offered the employees a transfer to another store that would last a little longer, but it was far enough away that it wouldn’t be worth it, so I took unemployment for awhile, went back to school, had a nervous breakdown, and am now on disability.
Family Video and Movie Gallery lasted a little longer, but they’re gone now. All that’s left is Redboxes.
Quite frankly, I knew we were toast when Redboxes started appearing in front of every 7-Eleven in Hampton Roads. There are a lot of 7-Elevens in Hampton Roads.