Tysons Corner Center - McLean, VA - a center offering diverse shopping and safety services

Macerich owns the Tysons Corner Center which opened during 1968 making it among the first climate controlled fully enclosed in Washington's Metropolitan Area. There were a hundred specialty stores and three department stores on one level when the mall originally opened. A bottom floor was added to Tysons Corner Center during 1988 when Nordstrom and Lord & Taylor opened in the facility.

Tysons Corner Center now has three levels and almost three hundred stores. The facility has sixteen movie screens as well. Located at Interstate 495 and Route 7 the facility is open seven days a week. Monday through Saturday the mall opens at ten in the morning and closes at nine thirty at night. On Sunday the facility opens at eleven in the morning and closes at seven in the evening.

There are a number of services at the Tysons Corner Center to make patrons stay as enjoyable as possible. Information about the mall can be obtained and gift cards purchased. Wheelchairs are complimentary to those that require them during their visit to the mall. Tysons Corner Center even provides services from the post office such as selling postage stamps and shipping items.

Patrons of the Tysons Corner Center can also make photocopies, take care of faxes or obtain the use of a notary public. Information can be obtained on public transportation and taxi services at the facility as well. Information on restaurants and hotels can be obtained as well. The Security Office provides TDD service for those that require it and there are baby changing tables in the restrooms at the facility.

Tysons Corner Center also offers a number of programs and policies in order to ensure the safety of its patrons. There are patrons on the property all day every day and if required patrons can receive escorts to their vehicles. The property has boxes that patrons can use to call for assistance if they need it at various locations around the property. The Tysons Corner Center has a total of eight automated external defibrillators throughout the facility.

In addition to the defibrillators the mall also has emergency medical assistance available. Patrons of the Tysons Corner Center that find they cannot get their car started can receive jump starts of their vehicles from the facility as well as assistance when they lock their keys in the car. Even those that cannot find their vehicles are aided in looking for them by the facility. There is even a service providing a lost and found at the facility as well as pay phones conveniently linked to both guest services and security.

The third level food court has wireless Internet access at no cost to patrons. Patrons wishing to take advantage of the network should use the Shop Tysons network in order to connect. Anyone in the McLean, Virginia area should make it a point to stop by the Tysons Corner Center to ensure that all of their shopping needs are met. Additional information about the services offered can be obtained by contacting the facility directly.