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Blockbuster: Why video rental giant sunk by Netflix won't disappear from Manchester
19.02.2022 - 20:51 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
If you're a child of the '80s or '90s, a trip to the Blockbuster video store was a staple ritual in planning your weekend entertainment.
The massive video rental chain was a one-stop shop where you could hire a video while picking up your popcorn and sweet treats to enjoy a cinematic experience in the comfort of your own living room.
At the height of its popularity in 2004, there were more than 9,000 Blockbuster stores around the globe with over 500 in the UK alone.
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Its blue and yellow store branding emblazoned with its chunky 'BLOCKBUSTER' typeface boomed across high streets and were an instantly recognisable and familiar sight.
However, only a few years on from the height of its peak popularity, global markets and technological advances brought a movie monster crashing down.
The financial crash of 2008 dealt a crippling blow coupled with the emergence of new technologies, such as 'video on demand' and Netflix's mail order service, made even leaving the front door to watch a movie obsolete.
In 2013, Blockbuster went into administration and by December that same year, and unable to find a buyer for the business, the remaining stores were closed.
That would be it, you might think.
But maybe it's the affection - the warm, nostalgic glow people who grew up with the brand still feel, has meant its never quite gone away. Its ghost is everywhere.
Now a video-themed cocktail bar calling itself ' Blockbusters NQ ' is set to open in Oldham Street this spring.
A bar spokesperson told the M.E.N: "Essentially we will be a video-themed cocktail bar with a hidden bar in the basement.
"We aren’t giving much more out than that at the moment - keeping it
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