Damn; mine's closing.
I guess I'd be heartbroken if I ever went there.

Looks like all of NY is safe, excepting metro-NYC/Long Island.

Good riddance! Closing down stores should be the reward for corporate & store ineptitude.

Here's their 11/03/08 media kit on the store closings http://newsroom.circuitcity.com/announcement.cfm

all 3 of mine within 20 miles are closing(NW subs of chicago)....oh well. I haven't bought anything from them in a while.

@acknight:

well the Nyack mall looses another large store. That mall has so much unused space it's silly.

At least my wife will be happy. The union square CC is one of her fav bathrooms to use when she is in the area.

As Worst Buy and Circuit City are struggling, the local computer parts shop in town is expanding.

I know this is a crazy theory, but I just noticed that both of my CC's that are closing are adjacent to Best Buy's. Granted, you could be facecious and claim that every Circuit City is next to a Best Buy, but I've seen some that aren't... and, well, they aren't closing. I wonder if they closed them down because of the inability to be totally competitive.

If they are not declairing bankruptcy, how are they planning on getting out of all those expensive leases?

Nothing in MN? I guess they want to keep the pressure on the hometown boys (BB)

Both the ones I've used are staying open. I'm glad. CC might have its problems (and I've barely been there since the layoffs) but it's still better than Satan Best Buy.

@csdiego: Oops, looks like strikethrough doesn't work in these comments. Strike through "Satan" in the comment above.

@logicalnoise: The Schaumburg (Woodfield) store survived the cut.

@bohemian: I noticed that too! If my mac ever broke (heh), I'd be quicker to send it to a small parts shop... there's no way they could screw it up more than best buy or circuit city.

I wonder what fun it will be to pick over the corpses of the stores to see what type of deals they'll be running if they plan on dumping all of their product. Maybe it's a good time to be a CC customer to pick up some stuff dirt cheap.

I'm surprised by how few are closing in Texas. There are only two closing in DFW and we've got A LOT of CC stores around here.

thanks for the post. It doesn't really affect me much, but it's interesting to see some of the new-ish stores in Ohio closing. I know a few of those have been open less than 3 years!

Mine isn't closing, but I guess it's regional and they draw from a larger area without consumer electronics outlets...people come to town for their shopping from all over. No sales for me, but I haven't been there since the late 90s :)

@mbd: I'm sure it's cheaper to pay a lease on an empty building than have a full-on store at that location losing money every day.

Business is bass-ackwards at times, ain't it?

I wonder if this had anything to do with the phonecall I got Friday - I got a call from CCity about an employment 'fair' for seasonal employees (for christmas) asking me to be there Sunday at 5pm (Fairview Heights, IL store). I was not able to make it - but strange that this call came the same weekend the store started to sink. Maybe they were hiring the 'clearance crew'.

I just want to clarify they aren't closing all store that are next to Best Buys. They based their decision off of what stores aren't paying for their own advertisement bills. If the store isn't making any money, why keep it open?????

Its about time, they have been screwing the customer for along time. I have been waiting on there demise since the DIVX days.

Our local CC is closing, it doesn't surprise me at all. Rarely did I see people there when I drove by and for the longest time the union had local, non-union day laborers protesting outside of the store.

@skitzogreg: The Circuit City in Sugar Land, TX is not closing, and it's within half a mile of a Best Buy.

My store is closing. A lot of good people are being affected by this. So many heartless comments.

@AliyaBabasaur: It is funny how they use the term "guests" there.

I was always surprised the McLean, VA location on Chain Bridge stayed open as long as it has - they opened a brand new location less than a mile away from that one about two years ago. Granted the one on Chain Bridge is part of the Tysons Corner Center complex, but I still couldn't believe they left it open that long.

At least I'll still have a place to get emergency power supplies .. nothing closing in Utah ..

Consumerist got mentioned on cnn.com about this also ..

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@skitzogreg: Every single Circuit City in my area (Sacramento) is within one mile of a Best Buy, and none of them are closing. CC just opened a new location less than three months ago in Folsom.

I am shocked the Manchester, NH store isn't on the list. It is in a bad location and I never see many cars in that parking lot.

@FSugino: That is quite surprising to me considering that place is a craphole. I would have thought that one would be closing down as well...oh well.

Yeah, the CC by my house is closing(League City,TX)! Not that I ever shopped their when Fry's Electronics is a lot closer and have a way better selection!!!!!

@SgtBeavis: DFW is a leading region in the retail industry due to huge growth over the past several years. Best Buy has opened over 20 stores in DFW in the past year alone. This is one area where Circuit needs to compete. Also, in terms of the economic meltdown, it's one of the less affected areas.

Closing the small store in Chicago they tried to place right next to the big best buy on North Ave. I actually went to that one a few times because there was NEVER any one in it. The other best buy on elston has been completely ghettoized, so I try to avoid it.

The new one they opened less then a year ago in norman, ok is closing, wonder if they will have a going out of business sale that might lower the prices? or they might just move the stock to another store since it appears they can't get any new.

@harlock_JDS: Where's the bathroom in CC? The one in Virgin Records is disgusting!

@pjsammy: Heck, the one here in Warner Robins, GA hasn't even been open a year. I bet it still has the new carpet smell.

Geez. No wonder the one in Tally is closing. I went in Tuesday to get Fallout 3. Signs your business is bad.

Empty parking lot.

6 people, 3 at the phone desk, 2 at customer service.

When looking for the game, where do you think I head? The game section. I look around, see nothing but old "Coming soon" games that came out a month ago. I do find a Fallout 3 Strategy Guide. Maybe it has the location of the game.

Another person quickly walks by the game section and enters a locked door.

I give up finding it, go to the front desk. I ask about the game after waiting 3 minutes. Normally, this isn't too bad, but the store has NO customers. Seriously. And no one can answer me?

I ask for a copy of Fallout 3 for PC. She asks "Which game. Far Cryout 3?" "Um....no. Fallout 3 for PC." "Oh, I've got it for XBOX 3 and PS360." ".....None for PC?" "I don't think so." "Ok, thanks."

Went down the street to a Best Buy doing brisk business and got a copy from the computer games section. Good riddance CC.

How interesting. All of the ones in my state (NY) are in or near the largest metro area. The one up here in Albany is staying. Good. I like them better than Best Buy.

@skitzogreg: The two near me that are RIGHT NEXT TO a BB are not closing.

@mbd:
Give it 90 days or so & they will file Chapter 11.
It will depend on December's sales or lack of.

Wow... the Circuit City that opened in Spring Hill, TN at the END OF JULY is closing. Fascinating.

Disappointing :-/

The thing that seals the deal that they had no chance for me ... two of the stores that are closest to me (Hilliard and Grove City OH) have been opened in the last 12-18 months. Yes, they tried expansion! Now, they're all closing up. Isn't it ironic?

@skitzogreg: The four cloest to me in MA aren't closing (in fact, it looks like none in MA are) and three of them are all pretty close to a BB. Does anyone know how they determined which stores would be closing? I would have expected at least one near me would be.

@FSugino: Not surprising...it's a prime retail spot that they'll give up last. The store sucks but they know that you can still get traffic from the mall.

@logicalnoise: They had just opened up the Circuit City in Arlington Heights not too long ago...

The South Barrington store had its grand opening last week.

How f'd up is that?

Sell inventory to liquidator, get money, pay developer to get out of lease early. Seems pretty simple.

Looks like the one behind Tyson's Corner Mall is closing finally. It's at least 3 rebrandings old, and still has the old-school "Plug" design from the commercials in the early 90s. Once they built the new parking garage and expansion onto the mall, it's been steadily going downhill.