Blockbuster in Ellisville to Close in March
Dish Network is closing nine of 16 Blockbusters in the St. Louis area.
Dish Network Corp, which owns Blockbuster, plans to close nine stores in the St. Louis area this spring, including one in Ellisville. The Ellisville Blockbuster location, at Manchester and Clarkson roads, will close March 24. 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. Most locations slated to close have stopped renting movies and have begun the …
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Mike K
12:55 pm on Wednesday, February 13, 2013
I don't have a problem with TIF conceptually. It is a tool that can be effectively used to create entirely new economic activity where none existed before. Just as thoughtful use of eminent domain can. The problem is that both are too often treated as a "golden hammer" and their benefits to the community have been usurped by developers and property owners to their benefit by falsely claiming they… more ›