What happens to old Hollywood Video stores?
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I still see a lot of abandoned Hollywood Videos and Movie Gallerys. The Movie Gallery that I worked at was turned into a Verizon Wireless store. I started working there in 2002 and was let go in 2009. The company was pretty decent before the acquisition of Hollywood Video but once they bought Hollywood Video and went into massive debt things turned to shit.
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[quote name='TheCro']...I still have a Hollywood Video gift card (10 bucks lol) I have yet to throw away. Got it as a gift card and I didn't want to use it until the stores starting closing. That was when they told me I couldn't use it. I dunno why I still have it. I guess I can't throw away money. Even if it's as useless as monopoly money.[/QUOTE]
While technically not the same company, the HWV site IS back up.
You should email em for shits n giggles n ask if you could use your $10 gc.:lol:
http://hollywoodvideo.com/
While technically not the same company, the HWV site IS back up.
You should email em for shits n giggles n ask if you could use your $10 gc.:lol:http://hollywoodvideo.com/
[quote name='IAmTheCheapestGamer']While technically not the same company, the HWV site IS back up. You should email em for shits n giggles n ask if you could use your $10 gc.:lol:
http://hollywoodvideo.com/[/QUOTE]
You may as well! NECA runs Hollywood Video now. If they decided to let you use the card, you could get a nice deal on a figure or something.
You should email em for shits n giggles n ask if you could use your $10 gc.:lol:http://hollywoodvideo.com/[/QUOTE]
You may as well! NECA runs Hollywood Video now. If they decided to let you use the card, you could get a nice deal on a figure or something.
[quote name='JJSP']They remodeled and moved a Circuit City store here (reportedly a $200K renovation) and closed it six months later. Whoops.[/QUOTE]
I have a better one, they constructed a new shopping center. It was Office Max (I think) and Circuit City. It was only opened for maybe two months at the most after it's grand opening.
I have a better one, they constructed a new shopping center. It was Office Max (I think) and Circuit City. It was only opened for maybe two months at the most after it's grand opening.
In my small town the HWV in a shopping center parking lot got turned into offices for a health insurance company or clinic or something. It is full of cubicles now.
The Blockbuster that just closed earlier this year has already been turned into a Buy/Sell/Trade Lego store which used to be in a really small store a block away. I should check it out - they must do good business to move into the much bigger BBV location. They spent a lot of money sprucing it up too. The BBV was in what I think used to be the old train station for the town (trains go right past it now). So this wasn't your typical strip mall location.
Another HWV turned into a used game/DVD store which I find somewhat amusing. I never bothered going in there to see what kind of prices they have as nothing will ever compare to the deals I got from both of those stores.
But it is interesting, I've actually seen a lot of the HWV and BBV stores being repurposed pretty quickly. In contrast, many CC locations are still abandoned. One of them is used for something called "Futsal" - look it up.
The Blockbuster that just closed earlier this year has already been turned into a Buy/Sell/Trade Lego store which used to be in a really small store a block away. I should check it out - they must do good business to move into the much bigger BBV location. They spent a lot of money sprucing it up too. The BBV was in what I think used to be the old train station for the town (trains go right past it now). So this wasn't your typical strip mall location.
Another HWV turned into a used game/DVD store which I find somewhat amusing. I never bothered going in there to see what kind of prices they have as nothing will ever compare to the deals I got from both of those stores
.But it is interesting, I've actually seen a lot of the HWV and BBV stores being repurposed pretty quickly. In contrast, many CC locations are still abandoned. One of them is used for something called "Futsal" - look it up
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[quote name='WV Matsui']The one near my office in Manassas Va is now an awesome Mexican restaurant, Cafe Rio.[/QUOTE]
Funny, I drive by there just about everyday. The other one that was in town off 28 was turned into a church, and later fully converted into a standard Walgreen's
Funny, I drive by there just about everyday. The other one that was in town off 28 was turned into a church, and later fully converted into a standard Walgreen's
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Belle Vernon, PA hollywood video turned into an Aaron's. I Don't plan on going there at all
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[quote name='skiizim']I have a better one, they constructed a new shopping center. It was Office Max (I think) and Circuit City. It was only opened for maybe two months at the most after it's grand opening.[/QUOTE]
I can do you one better. After Tower Records closed, Circuit City moved one of their stores in there from another location nearby. It wasn't in there long before the whole chain shut down. I think there is a Jo Ann Fabric in there now.
Many of the big box stores that went out of business (CompUSA, Circuit City) were replaced by HH Gregg stores. Hollywood video stores are probably the saddest sites. We had one close well before all the others, and I think that store is still empty. There another one where someone has moved into half of it, but the other half is empty.
The local Blockbuster was subdivided into two stores and is now a 7-11 and a barber shop.
I can do you one better. After Tower Records closed, Circuit City moved one of their stores in there from another location nearby. It wasn't in there long before the whole chain shut down. I think there is a Jo Ann Fabric in there now.
Many of the big box stores that went out of business (CompUSA, Circuit City) were replaced by HH Gregg stores. Hollywood video stores are probably the saddest sites. We had one close well before all the others, and I think that store is still empty. There another one where someone has moved into half of it, but the other half is empty.
The local Blockbuster was subdivided into two stores and is now a 7-11 and a barber shop.
[quote name='IAmTheCheapestGamer']Unfortunately both of them had a TON of fixtures including shelving in them when they were still empty. I woulda gladly made an arrangement with the owners of the sites for some of those shelves if they would've taken a low price for them.[/QUOTE]
My grandfather, dad and uncle used to do that on occassion. My grandfather got the winning bid to clean our the K-Mart that was in our town for a short period in the early 80's. He paid $500 and the first thing my grandfather did was sell the jewelry cases and safes to a local jeweler who paid him $1000 for all of it and insisted on using his own crew fearing my family would damage it. So my dad and uncle each made $100 (which obviously at that time was a good bit more) for a weekend of work and my grandfather lined his entire basement/garage in pegboard and K-Mart shelving. There was enough left over that my dad ended up lining our old garage in it as well and he still has a few odd pieces laying around. (that pegboard is like $20+ a sheet now)
My grandfather, dad and uncle used to do that on occassion. My grandfather got the winning bid to clean our the K-Mart that was in our town for a short period in the early 80's. He paid $500 and the first thing my grandfather did was sell the jewelry cases and safes to a local jeweler who paid him $1000 for all of it and insisted on using his own crew fearing my family would damage it. So my dad and uncle each made $100 (which obviously at that time was a good bit more) for a weekend of work and my grandfather lined his entire basement/garage in pegboard and K-Mart shelving. There was enough left over that my dad ended up lining our old garage in it as well and he still has a few odd pieces laying around. (that pegboard is like $20+ a sheet now)
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[quote name='pyoobez']My grandfather, dad and uncle used to do that on occassion. My grandfather got the winning bid to clean our the K-Mart that was in our town for a short period in the early 80's. He paid $500 and the first thing my grandfather did was sell the jewelry cases and safes to a local jeweler who paid him $1000 for all of it and insisted on using his own crew fearing my family would damage it. So my dad and uncle each made $100 (which obviously at that time was a good bit more) for a weekend of work and my grandfather lined his entire basement/garage in pegboard and K-Mart shelving. There was enough left over that my dad ended up lining our old garage in it as well and he still has a few odd pieces laying around. (that pegboard is like $20+ a sheet now)[/QUOTE]
That's nuts. I really thought about offering up some cash to the owner of the shopping center where the one HWV was for the shelving. As it stands, there's a Verizon Wireless store in there with their own shelves and cases.
There's still a Blockbuster around here with the front desk intact and a bunch of shelving sitting there. I'm shocked it hasn't been turned into a Med Express like the ones down in WB and Edwardsville.
That's nuts. I really thought about offering up some cash to the owner of the shopping center where the one HWV was for the shelving. As it stands, there's a Verizon Wireless store in there with their own shelves and cases.
There's still a Blockbuster around here with the front desk intact and a bunch of shelving sitting there. I'm shocked it hasn't been turned into a Med Express like the ones down in WB and Edwardsville.
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