All ‘Party City’ Stores are Closing their Doors for Good in Washington State

With more and more stores closing these days, it's hard to see some of our favorites closing their doors for the last time.

CNN reports that the CEO of Party City told the corporate employees in a meeting that it would be winding down operations and that they were going to start the 'going out of business' process.

No severance pay and benefits would cease when the company goes down.

It's unfortunate. I liked going to Party City.

It was a fun store to visit even if you weren't having a party. Just to see the balloons or the insane snack aisle.

Have you seen the snack aisle at Party City? You can get individual chocolate-coated candies of any color you could possibly need. Perfect for any party or wedding or whatever you may need. That was always a highlight for me to attend.

With more than 850 stores, all of them are set to close when they can. I wouldn't be surprised if they would have a going out of business sale to sell off any inventory they may be sitting on.

CNN was reporting that Party City did file for bankruptcy protection a couple of years ago, being $1.7 billion in debt.

And though that did help erase some of the debt, it wasn't enough, apparently.

With over 16,000 employees with Party City, that's a lot of jobs being eliminated. Sad to see it happen.

Keep an eye out for more details as they come through.