Esther is supposed to stay open, though? :/
I'm wondering too :/

I was right about to turn in my last ~40 coins. Hope its fixed soon.
Probably just working on some stuff in there. Hopefully it opens soon ^^
Yes I read the news about 50 times worried I would misread something. It said we had until the 15th before those three years retire, and that it would be open in general all year. So hopefully it's just a snag with the ending of the festivities and I wait with baited breath for it to open x.x Hopefully I read that correctly. It was too laggy to buy anything earlier so I had to make the choice to wait based upon the news update.
In hindsight I remember the Masquerade shop closing after the plot but they opened it back up. So here's a'hoping! I always second guess myself even when the words are right in front of me when it comes to event endings :/
Just fixed this!
It shouldn't have closed, and I even checked to make sure it stayed open--but apparently as staff everything is open for us (so we can add items all at once and then open a shop all filled!)
Totally my mistake, sorry!