Last Blockbuster video rental store has Airbnb sleepover offer – US$4 for a ’90s themed night of movies
- World’s sole surviving Blockbuster store, in Bend, Oregon, will be turned into a cosy living room, with a pull-out couch and ‘new releases’ from the ’90s to watch
- Blockbuster had more than 9,000 outlets worldwide, including 24 in Hong Kong, at its peak in the early 2000s before the advent of Netflix video streaming
Is 2020 proving a bit too much? The last Blockbuster store on the planet is offering guests a chance to roll back the clock to simpler times with a ’90s themed sleepover, it was announced this week.
An Airbnb listing for the holdout video rental shop in the northwestern American state of Oregon promises to convert the store into a makeshift living room “with a pull-out couch, beanbags and pillows for you to cosy up with ‘new releases’ from the ’90s”.
For just US$4 a night, four spaces will be available over three nights in September.
“When you call dibs on this stay, you’re booking a night back in the ’90s, but this time you won’t have to beg your parents to rent the latest horror flick – we’ll give you the keys to the entire store!” it promises.
The store in Bend, Oregon is the last of a chain that boasted more than 9,000 worldwide outlets at its peak in the early 2000s.