Apple MacArthur Center in Virginia closes its doors for good on Friday, May 14

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Apple Macarthur Center (Image credit: RickyDive / FourSquare)

What you need to know

  • Apple will close its MacArthur Center store on May 14.
  • No new store will take its place.

Apple is closing its MacArthur Center store for good on May 14, the company has confirmed. The store, which was first listed for closure earlier this year, didn't have an end date until now. The store, located in Norfolk, Virginia, won't have a replacement with customers instead directed to existing local stores instead.

First spotted by 9to5Mac, the store's closure was confirmed on its webpage with Apple telling customers to head over to apple.com/retail to find their nearest store.

Apple Macarthur Center Closure Notice

Apple Macarthur Center Closure Notice (Image credit: Apple)

"Thank you for over 14 great years. The last day we will be open is May 14. Please visit apple.com/retail to find the nearest store."

That nearest store is Apple Lynnhaven Mall in Virginia Beach. Locals should head over there to buy their new iPhone 12 or buy online instead.

Oliver Haslam
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Oliver Haslam has written about Apple and the wider technology business for more than a decade with bylines on How-To Geek, PC Mag, iDownloadBlog, and many more. He has also been published in print for Macworld, including cover stories. At iMore, Oliver is involved in daily news coverage and, not being short of opinions, has been known to 'explain' those thoughts in more detail, too. Having grown up using PCs and spending far too much money on graphics card and flashy RAM, Oliver switched to the Mac with a G5 iMac and hasn't looked back. Since then he's seen the growth of the smartphone world, backed by iPhone, and new product categories come and go. Current expertise includes iOS, macOS, streaming services, and pretty much anything that has a battery or plugs into a wall. Oliver also covers mobile gaming for iMore, with Apple Arcade a particular focus. He's been gaming since the Atari 2600 days and still struggles to comprehend the fact he can play console quality titles on his pocket computer.