Amoeba Music has closed its Hollywood location

Amoeba Music has shuttered its Hollywood location at 6400 Sunset Blvd.

The news comes after Amoeba confirmed their new 6200 Hollywood Blvd location in late February, with plans to open the new space by fall. While plans for the Hollywood Blvd location are still intact, California’s ongoing “safer at home” order has prompted the record store to prematurely close its landmark Sunset Blvd location.

The store was originally allowed to remain at its current location until the upcoming move, a relocation that has been expected since the space was sold back in 2015. Last week, Amoeba launched a GoFundMe campaign to assist with the move and keep its 400-person staff afloat during the pandemic. (Amoeba is covering health insurance costs for full-time employees during pandemic-related closures.) With the current location closed, Amoeba says, the record store will focus on “hopefully opening in the fall.”

Amoeba operates three stores in total, including two smaller locations—Berkeley and San Francisco—located in the Bay Area.

Read the full statement on Amoeba’s site.

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It is with a very heavy heart that we announce that the massive impact from COVID-19 has forced Amoeba Hollywood to remain closed until we can hopefully move to our new location this fall. We are devastated. We know you are too. We never envisioned not being able to give the store the send-off it deserves, to give you all a chance to say goodbye. But we are facing too many mitigating circumstances. This is not the end of Amoeba! We are moving to a new location at 6200 Hollywood Blvd in the fall and we feel fortunate that this plan was set into motion long before COVID-19. There are so many unknowns and uncertainties for a business like ours right now. The only thing we do know for certain is that we intend to survive. We want to continue to be there for our amazing customers and our incredible staff in our new location long after this pandemic disappears. The only way we can keep Amoeba Hollywood alive in the future is to make this difficult decision now. Thank you ALL so much for your support during this time and over the years. We have the best customers in the world, as evidenced by the tremendous outpouring of support for our GoFundMe. Your generosity is going to help cover health care for our employees at all three stores, and generally help Amoeba continue while we all must remain closed. We miss you all and cannot wait until we can be together again. Please read our full statement online at https://amoeba.com/moveupdate

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