Blockbuster to reopen in early 2018
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The once popular movie rental store Blockbuster is slated to reopen in early 2018 after discovering enough unpaid late fees that would allow the company to re-expand (provided everyone pays) after going out of business in 2014 although a few stores (most notably in Alaska) remain. The company filed for bankruptcy in 2010 with satellite provider Dish Network buying the remaining 1,700 stores a year later. All of them closed in 2014 or earlier except for a few stores that Dish chose to keep open. In August 2017, Dish was sorting through some paperwork and found the papers that list the people who have late fees. After some calculating, it was found that they would have enough money to relaunch the company provided everyone pays. The relaunch may be hindered due to a relatively unknown court procedure that can exempt people who initiate the procedure from paying the late fees (this can be used for any place that has late fees that may go under such as Game Fly). Many congressman and woman have come out in opposition to this with current speaker of the house Paul Ryan R Wisconsin coming out and saying "This plan is absurd. The company is long out of fashion and is not worth bringing back because we have Netflix, Hulu and pay-per-view on many popular cable and satellite providers that fill the void left by Blockbuster." Bobby Schilling R Illinois also came out in opposition to this as well saying "Making people pay for late fees just to revive a company is absurd. If this did happen, they would still go under cause people would still continue to use Netflix and what not as it is more convenient to do that than to drive to a video store and potentially cause a fight when you and someone else both want Star Wars Episode 7 and it's the last copy on the shelf." Barack Obama D 44th president of the united states, Chicago and Washington D.C. had this to say "Never say never. Maybe Blockbuster can pull it off this time and take down Netflix, Hulu, Pay-Per-View etc and win." I guess we will wait and see what becomes of this.
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