Ann Arbor’s last Blockbuster store, at Woodland Plaza, was closing in February. Dish Network bought the bankrupt DVD chain in 2011, but if its intention was to administer a coup de grace to the competition, it isn’t happening just yet. The employee presiding over the final sale days, where customers were buying not only DVDs but store fixtures–like the overhead mirrors that went for $1 apiece–said that both the Ypsi and Saline Blockbuster stores just signed five-year leases.
Update: after the March 2012 Ann Arbor Observer went to press, our sister publication, the Community Observer, learned that Blockbuster is closing the Saline store, too.
