Shoppers didn't know it at the time, but their final spree at Amoeba Music's Hollywood store on Sunset Boulevard was their last, as the original location will not reopen.
to opening in its new location, hopefully in the fall, at 6200 Hollywood Boulevard.
In a statement, Jim Henderson, co-owner of Amoeba, said: “We are devastated for our run at this beautiful destination to end like this, but we simply have no choice.”According to a just-issued press release from Amoeba, “The plan was to close the Sunset location in the fall and then move to the new site as soon as possible while moving operations to its new space. That now will not be the case, with the Sunset store having served its last customer and housed its final performance.
Last year, Amoeba announced the move to 6200 Hollywood and received its building permits in March. Since the pandemic, the company has been paying rent on two big spaces, neither of them generating money, in the heart of Hollywood.The announcement means that the shop can begin its relocation without having to worry about managing temporary social distancing measures at the tightly-packed Sunset location.
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