Apple Tysons Corner

Apple Tysons Corner is an Apple Store located in , USA. It opened for business in 2001 as Apple's first retail store and is internally identified as R010.Apple Storefronts: #1 Tysons Corner R010 by Thomas Park, AppSpot. 2021-06-24.
==Location==
This Apple Store is presently situated within the mall at 1961 Chain Bridge Road in . It is normally open from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. every day except Sundays, when it is open from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, its hours on Monday to Thursday have been reduced to 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
==History==
The store was designed in secret by architect Art Gensler in direct collaboration with Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.Original Apple retail store architect Art Gensler dies at 85 by Mike Peterson, Apple Insider. 2021-05-11. The Tysons Corner location held its grand opening on on May 19, 2001. Apple co-founder Steve Jobs personally presented a tour of the store that was broadcast to attendees of the 2001 Worldwide Developers Conference. Though the Apple Glendale Galleria had been designated "R001" and held its grand opening on the same day, the store at Tysons Corner had actually opened first by being in a more easterly time zone by 3 hours.A tale of two Apple Stores (the first two) by Benj Edwards, Macworld. 2021-05-19.
===Incidents===
On March 14, 2020, this store was initially closed during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.Apple to close US retail stores and all others outside China until March 27th by Chris Welch, The Verge. 2020-03-14. It was first reopened on June 24, 2020.Apple Stores continue reopening this week, including locations in Chicago, Minnesota, Ontario, more by Michael Steeber, 9to5Mac. 2020-06-23. It then reclosed on July 26 due to the resurgence of the pandemic.Three Apple Stores are reclosed from July 26: by Michael Steeber, Twitter. 2020-07-25. It was reopened once again on August 26, 2020.Apple Sainte-Catherine in Montreal reopens tomorrow. Apple Tysons Corner on Wednesday the 26th: by Michael Steeber, Twitter. 2020-08-24.
===New location===
A report filed with in 2019 indicated that Apple had been in the process of developing a much larger space nearby at . It was not clear at the time whether the new location would supplement or replace the existing store at the Tysons Corner Center.Apple may be planning to relocate its first retail store at Tysons Corner by Michael Steeber, 9to5Mac. 2019-01-12. At the end of April 2023, Tysons Corner Center announced that Apple was moving the store to a larger "reimagined" space within the same shopping mall.Apple's first-ever retail store at Tyson's Corner is moving to a new location by Andrew Orr, AppleInsider. 2023-05-01. The new location opened on May 19th, the 22nd anniversary of its original grand opening.The relocated and reimagined original Apple Store opens on May 19 by Michael Potuck, 9to5Mac. 2023-05-11.Inside Apple Tysons Corner's new retail store: Updated look, with nods to the past by Mike Wuerthele, AppleInsider. 2023-05-19.
==Gallery==
Unveiling Apple's First Retail Store|(May 2001)
Apple Tysons Corner 2008-08.jpg|The storefront at Tysons Corner(August 2008)
Apple Tysons Corner promo 2023-05.png|Promotional image for the grand re-opening(May 2023)
Apple Tysons Corner promo logo 2023-05.png|Promotional logo
==References==
==External links==
*Apple Tysons Corner at Apple
**Apple Store, Tysons Corner (archived 2008-08-07, 2001-05-22)
===Articles===
*A tale of two Apple Stores (the first two) by Benj Edwards at Macworld (2021-05-19)
Category:Apple Stores in the United States
Category:2001 establishments