First Blockbuster Video Store Opens in Dallas (1985) | Launches and Openings | Oct 19, 1985
Iconic videotape rental chain Blockbuster has its roots based with another company that was called Cook Data Services, founded by David Cook in 1978. Cook Data supplied software services to the oil and gas industries in Texas, but it was unsuccessful. David’s wife Sandy Cook, wanted to get into the video business, and her husband ….