Legendary Amoeba Music Flagship Won’t Reopen After Coronavirus Shutdown

It’s the end of an era as Amoeba Music has shut its doors indefinitely…

The signature Hollywood location at 6400 Sunset Blvd will not reopen after California’s “safer at home” order is lifted. However, Amoeba has plans to relocate to 6200 Hollywood Blvd, which was decided long before the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak.

Amoeba’s official statement reads:

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.

If you want to help out, there’s a GoFundMe page set up to support the business and its dedicated staff. So far, $224,538 of the $400,000 goal has been raised.

Read the full statement via Amoeba’s website.

Amoeba Music Says Goodbye

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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

A post shared by Amoeba Hollywood (@amoebahollywood) on Apr 27, 2020 at 1:32pm PDT

H/T: Resident Advisor | Photo by Richard DeAratanha