If you want to get an up-close-and-personal look at Apple’s new Apple Park campus, make sure to circle the date Friday, November 17 on your calendar. That’s because that is the date that Apple Park’s Visitor Center will open to the public.
The date was first shared on Twitter by an eagle-eyed fan who spotted it on a sign at the campus, although it doesn’t reveal an exact time or any additional dates about the opening.
Like the One Infinite Loop Visitor Center, the new Apple Park Visitor Center will supposedly include a gift shop with a number of Apple-branded items, but there is no Apple Store on site — meaning that you’re better off picking up your new iPhone 8 or iPhone X elsewhere, rather than expecting to buy it as part of your visit.
There is, however, a rooftop observation deck overlooking the main Apple Park building, an outdoor seating area, and a cafe.
The day before the November 17 opening, Apple will invite Cupertino residents who live nearby to come and take a look around the Visitor Center, so long as they bring confirmation of their address.
The campus to end all campuses
Apple’s new campus was officially named Apple Park at the start of this year. It will eventually house 12,000 Apple employees, the equivalent of 35 fully filled Boeing 747s. The main building’s ring design is supposedly intended to create serendipitous interactions between workers.
In addition, the site includes the Steve Jobs Theater, which was first used as the location for Apple’s recent iPhone X keynote event, and a snazzy $75 million gym, available to employees only.
As with all of Apple’s new ventures, Apple Park also boasts impressive environmental credentials— and an insane attention to detail that reportedly drove builders mad.
So far, it has received something of a mixed reaction in the press. Wired has criticized the HQ for being a backward-looking construction that’s likely to have a detrimental impact on its surroundings, while an op-ed for Bloomberg compared the new site to Steve Jobs’ not-wholly-succesful NeXT Computer, suggesting that the site is a hubristic effort on Apple’s part.
For a look at the campus as it stands today, check out the latest Apple Park drone flyover video here.
Source: Macrumors
