BIZNOTE: Westwood Village GameStop closing

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Thanks to Will for sending the photo. The Westwood Village GameStop store is closing; tomorrow is the last day, a staff member said by phone. This is not a surprise, as the space has been posted “for lease” for months, according to our periodic check of local listings. But several weeks ago, when a reader got email saying their “local” GameStop would be closing – without specifying an address – we went in to ask, and at the time, they told us no. The Westwood store opened in 2011. The chain said in September it would be closing some of its 2,000+ stores after a less-profitable-than-expected earnings report; its next quarterly-earnings announcement is expected this Tuesday.

Beepee December 8, 2024 (8:36 pm)

Let’s not forget that even though this Gamestop opened in 2011, Gamecrazy was there before hand. Anyone know when game crazy opened at that location?

Closed December 8, 2024 (9:26 pm)

Desert sun salon next door is closing on December 15th too.. I wonder if something bigger is going to take over those 2 spaces perhaps

AN December 12, 2024 (2:07 pm)

I spoke with a GameStop employee last week and it is supposed to be a restaurant taking over their space. No word on what kind of restaurant it’s supposed to be.
- WSB December 12, 2024 (3:18 pm)
  
  If so, it is not showing on any of the publicly viewing directories/listings, nor in city files. Maybe combining with the about-to-close Desert Sun space next door …

Alayna December 8, 2024 (10:36 pm)

That’s a bummer. I worked at Gamestop for 4 years, it’s a crappy company but I still went to this location just to pre-order games to help employee “numbers”. This store often never called me when the games I pre-ordered came in, sold out of it or never got it in stock at all… which is annoying, but also probably due to them not having the hours to keep up with anything other than keeping the door open (very rarely ever saw more than 1 employee juggling the store). I just ended up ordering from online the next couple of times.I think I still have a couple pre-orders there, I wonder how I can get my money back.. =\

Shy December 10, 2024 (1:01 am)

I know one of the employees and they said all preorders are being transferred over to the burien store

Benjamin December 9, 2024 (9:19 am)

Well. That’s too bad. But I went there recently fly to get a new game and controllers, they had none in stock. So I just went to Target and spent the $$ there.