Blockbuster in Arnold to Close in April
Dish Network is closing nine of 16 Blockbusters in the St. Louis area. The Arnold location on Vogel Road is one of the nine stores that will close.
Dish Network Corp, which owns Blockbuster, plans to close nine stores in the St. Louis area this spring, including the one in Arnold. The Arnold Blockbuster at 3860 Vogel Rd. will close April 8. Aside from Red Boxes in the area, Family Video at 1845 Jeffo Blvd. will be the only video rental spot in Arnold. The closures are part of an announced plan to close 300 stores across the country. According to a story in the Denver Post, the closures include stores which were underperforming or were near the end of their leases. About 500 Blockbuster stores were closed last year including 10 of 26 locations in St. Louis area, according to a story in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. This round of closures will leave just seven stores in St. Louis. …
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Brian Mueller
9:06 am on Saturday, February 9, 2013
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