

But essentially, it’s a one-view-fits-all store, although no photograph can take in its full scope. You’ll also find a minimal set of three steps separating the first half of the floor, which is primarily vinyl, T-shirts and tchotchkes - the primary sellers in this day and age - from the CDs, DVDs and Blu-Rays that make up the back half of the store. There is a mezzanine, devoted to books, magazines and posters, though it’s not elevated to the point of being called a second floor, the way the DVD/Blu-Ray mezzanine was in the old store. location, which had a separate upstairs for home video and a back room for classical, jazz and other genres. The first thing customers will notice is that the store is essentially one big space, unlike the Sunset Blvd. The line this at Amoeba Hollywood this morning went down Argyle to Sunset and wrapped around /flCzfBtOSN By 1 on Thursday, Amoebe was tweeting, “Hey folks, the line to get into Amoeba Hollywood is several HOURS long at this point,” and urging followers to come back another day. Wednesday night, followed up with a post that said by morning the (socially distanced) line went two blocks south to the Hollywood Palladium and wrapped around that venue. The store, which said customers had begun to form a line at around 10 p.m. That prediction of high turnout was borne out early Thursday. But I think we’re going to wait and see and apply practical, common sense to the process and make sure everybody feels safe with how many people we’re letting in at a time.”Īmoeba Records in Hollywood Reopening on Main Los Angeles, California. So I honestly don’t anticipate getting much over a quarter of our capacity, initially. Our practice is going to be that day one, Thursday, when we open up, we’re going to allow a chunk of people and eyeball it, allow a few more, eyeball it, allow a few more… And then whenever it starts to feel like people are filling up some of these aisles or people are congregating to the same places, we’ll just put a hold on it. How restricted will attendance be in the early days of the new store being open? “The allowable capacity is at 50%, but we’ve got a big space and we don’t plan on putting our 50% capacity in here.

I also know that with the social distancing, safety practices and capacity limitations, there will be an element of patience required in the process.” So I do believe that we’re going to have a pretty big turnout. “We’ve got a lot of questions from customers about when they could start camping out and just how early they should get here, with a lot of people making plans for what they’re doing after day one. What will the initial crowds be like? “The social media response and the response that I’ve been getting even on a personal level suggest that it’s going to be a pretty successful turnout,” says Henderson.
