Family Video, Iowa City's last movie rental store, to close

In a week, Iowa City's last movie rental store will close.

Family Video, at 101 Highway 1 W., will be shuttered Feb. 10 said Hiliary Tasma, the manager of the store's North Liberty location.

According to the regional general manager of the stores, Tasma said, Iowa City's store is "the only leased location left in Iowa" and the lease has expired.

The North Liberty location at 415 Community Drive, which is connected to a Marco's Pizza — both of which are owned by parent company Highland Ventures Ltd. — will remain open, she said.

Iowa City's store is having a large movie and video game sale ahead of the closure, Tasma said, and a sign posted at the business says it will be open from noon to 8 p.m. until it closes.

Family Video's website shows the store still operates in several Iowa cities, including Cedar Rapids, Cedar Falls, Des Moines and Davenport.

The North Liberty Family Video is Johnson County's last brick-and-mortar movie rental store. In 2015 Coralville's Movie Gallery was demolished to make way for a new Kum & Go gas station at 205 Second St.

Iowa City, Coralville and North Liberty have several Redbox kiosks scattered across the cities.

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