Apple Campus 2 Officially Named 'Apple Park', Set For Grand Opening in April

[MacRumors]

Apple today announced that Apple Campus 2 will be open and ready for employees to begin moving in this April, while also officially naming the site "Apple Park." Moving more than 12,000 employees to the site will take more than six months, the company said, and some smaller building construction and landscaping will continue into the summer.

In honor of the late CEO Steve Jobs -- who would have turned 62 on Friday, February 24 -- Apple announced that the theater at Apple Park will be named the "Steve Jobs Theater." The theater will be one of the buildings that opens later this year, and is situated at one of the highest point on the campus, overlooking the nearby meadows and the large, circular main building at Apple Park.

"Steve's vision for Apple stretched far beyond his time with us. He intended Apple Park to be the home of innovation for generations to come," said Tim Cook, Apple's CEO. "The workspaces and parklands are designed to inspire our team as well as benefit the environment. We've achieved the most energy-efficient building of its kind in the world and the campus will run entirely on renewable energy."

Apple's press release also covered a collection of other buildings at Apple Park, including a visitor's center that will include a full Apple Store and cafe, both of which will be open to the public. Apple worked in collaboration with Foster + Partners to build Apple Park, which occupies 175 acres and will be powered by 100 percent renewable energy.

The main building, which has been referred to as the "Spaceship" building, includes 17 megawatts of rooftop solar power, meaning Apple Park will be running one of the largest solar energy installations on the planet when it opens in April. Apple also takes pride in the Park's landscaping initiatives, which has resulted in the replacement of 5 million-square-feet of asphalt with various greeneries, as well as over 9,000 native and drought-resistant trees.

Construction on the campus began back in 2013 and was originally pegged for completion in late 2016 before construction delays pushed back its opening date. Throughout the years, coverage of the campus has been ongoing thanks to reliable drone videos that have showed up every month or so, giving Apple fans the chance to see major construction milestones like the first time the Spaceship building took shape, all the way up to the day that lights began turning on.

Check out more images and a video about Apple Park here.

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[JamonBull]

Apple Park. I like it. I'm guessing iPhone 8 announcement will be the first event they hold there.

 

[smacrumon]

Congratulations, Apple! We welcome your newest and best production for some time with very open arms.

And at the same time, this makes me sad that Steve Jobs won't see this.

 

[RowellE]

Awesome! Hopefully the iPhone event this fall will take place at Steve Jobs Theater.

 

[Thunderhawks]

Quick, someone complain that it's late!

 

[tigertazz]

Apple Park..... I like it.

But just the theatre being named after Steve? I mean I wouldn't know how to name the main building but surely there should be more to commemorate one of the founders

 

[tubeexperience]

No wonder prices on Apple products keep going up: Apple needs to pay for the Spaceship somehow.

2012 MacBook Pro 15" Retina (256 GB) at launch: $2199

2016 MacBook Pro 15" Retina (256 GB) at launch: $2399

This is despite the fact that the cost of technology has gone significantly.

For example, SSD now costs less then 1/6 of what it did in 2012.

 

[Wowereit]

Apple Park. I like it. I'm guessing iPhone 8 announcement will be the first event they hold there.

Let's hope they... hit it out of the Park.

 

[EvilEvil]

Hopefully Apple will utilize the space and start producing actual innovative products again.

 

[AngerDanger]

Bah! I can't believe they thought they could hide Apple Park's true purpose by sticking a "P" in front of the last word!

 

[BoltmanLives]

Apple park looks just like Cortana, 'good for later" thanks Apl.
'Be the home of innovation for generations to come'..LOL really Apl? Cute wishing.

 

[69Mustang]

The Orchard. Such low hanging fruit. It was right there. And yes, the pun was intended.

 

[robertcoogan]

What? Not iPark???

 

[Nungster]

No wonder prices on Apple products keep going up: Apple needs to pay for the Spaceship somehow.

Hahaha, that spaceship was paid for after iPhone 1

 

[tubeexperience]

Hahaha, that spaceship was paid for after iPhone 1

Maybe Apple needs more spaceships. One for every day of the month.

 

[jonnysods]

I hope they do all keynotes on the SJ Theatre

 

[rudychidiac]

Apple Park,
I like the name, unpredictable and simple

 

[kazmac]

Now that Tim's replicated his mothership, here's hoping the Quality Control and in store training get an equally shiny makeover.

 

[smacrumon]

Quick, someone complain that it's late!

It's gorgeously late.

 

[rpmurray]

It's not thin enough, the battery only lasts three hours and where are the emojis? At least the price tag is suitably outrageous.

 

[Chupa Chupa]

That place looks big enough to give Apple engineers plenty of space to design new Macs.

But I bet floors 1-3 are PR, marketing, and advertising. Floor 4 is legal.

 

[robotica]

Would love to see a megastructures type show based on the Apple campus.

 

[Lankyman]

I'd be more impressed if they concentrated on 'building new great desktop hardware' rather than fancy buildings.

 

[manu chao]

No wonder prices on Apple products keep going up: Apple needs to pay for the Spaceship somehow.

Estimated cost of the Apple Campus 2: $6 billion
Construction period: 2013-2017 aka 4 years
Apple profits over the last four years: $176 billion

Apple doesn't raise prices because it needs to to pay for the spaceship. Apple raises the prices because (a) it can and (b) it likes the profit statistic to remain where it is.

 

[Davelfc]

Apple Park..... I like it.

But just the theatre being named after Steve? I mean I wouldn't know how to name the main building but surely there should be more to commemorate one of the founders

It will create thousands of jobs.