By Dan Moren

February 22, 2017 5:28 AM PT

Apple Park campus to open in April

Note: This story has not been updated for several years.

So it’s not “the Spaceship” after all. Apple has announced that its new, 175-acre campus will be dubbed “Apple Park”, with employees starting to transfer over in April. Moving all 12,000 employees will apparently take around six months, and during that time construction on both the building and the surrounding green spaces (which include two miles of running paths, an orchard, a meadow, and a pond) will continue.

The company also said that the 1000-seat on-campus auditorium, which sits on a hill, will be dubbed the “Steve Jobs Theater” to honor the late co-founder, who would have turned 62 at the end of this week.

And, of course, Apple continues its environmental commitment by powering its new campus on 100-percent renewable energy, including 17 megawatts of roof-mounted solar panels.

Looking for an opportunity to visit? Good news: there will be a visitor center with an Apple Store and cafe open to the public!

[Dan Moren is the East Coast Bureau Chief of Six Colors. You can find him on Mastodon at @dmoren@zeppelin.flights or reach him by email at dan@sixcolors.com. His latest novel, the supernatural detective story All Souls Lost, is out now.]

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