Tysons Corner Center is continuing to expand its entertainment options with an unveiling of The Escape Game.
Making its Virginia debut, the escape room company opened a 4,470-square-foot venue on Saturday (Feb. 7) on the mall’s first floor between Barnes & Noble and the recently relocated American Girl.
“This opening marks an exciting milestone for us as we bring The Escape Game to Virginia for the very first time,” The Escape Game co-founder and chief marketing officer Jonathan Murrell said. “Tysons is a natural fit for our brand. It’s a vibrant and dynamic city, and we can’t wait to welcome players into our immersive games and create lasting memories together.”
Open daily from 8 a.m. to midnight at 1961 Chain Bridge Road, Unit N9L, The Escape Game Tysons offers six different immersive experiences featuring “Hollywood-style sets and mind-bending puzzles,” according to a press release. Themes include Prison Break, Playground, The Depths (a submarine setting), Timeliner: Train Through Time, Ruins: Forbidden Treasure and Cosmic Crisis.
Players have 60 minutes to complete their chosen room, and the venue can accommodate up to 52 players at one time.
Visits can be booked online and cost $40.99. While games are typically reserved for one group, other individuals may be added if there are available spots during busy periods, according to the company’s website.
“In ‘shared’ games, teams get to work together, get extra help, meet new people, and sometimes come away with long-time friendships (seriously, it happens more than you’d think),” the website says. “But if you are in an experience with others and don’t have a stellar time, let us know, and we’ll make it right.”
The Tysons location is The Escape Game’s 57th in the U.S.
Started with a single two-room location that opened in Nashville, Tennessee, in 2014, the company has now served more than 10 million customers and continues to expand, as evidenced by the Tysons opening. The games are developed at a 60,000-square-foot “Adventure Factory” that temporarily shifted to producing face shields during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
The Escape Game will arrive at Tysons Corner Center on the heels of Level 99, which opened last August and similarly offers a variety of challenges, puzzles and games.
Since the pandemic, the mall has also regularly hosted temporary entertainment pop-ups to supplement its traditional, permanent retail. The latest visitor — Hershey Super Sweet Adventure — is set to open on March 6.
Fashion brands, snack shop also join Tysons Corner Center
Other recent additions have included Bora Bora Smoothie Cafe, the fashion retailer Johnnie-O, British mattress maker Vispring, and the apparel and footwear brand TravisMathew, which opened its doors on the mall’s second floor near Macy’s last week.
“We’re excited to open our first TravisMathew store in Northern Virginia and bring the brand to the McLean community,” Shea Louie, the company’s vice president of retail, said in a press release. “Our products are made for life on the move designed to take you from work to weekend, the course to the coast, and everywhere in between with effortless style and comfort.”
Ethnc made its first foray into the U.S. in late January, opening a store next to fellow Pakistani fashion brand Khaadi as part of a planned expansion that will also bring locations to Houston, New Jersey and Chicago by 2027, according to the company’s website.
Nuts Factory, a third-generation family business whose U.S. operations are mostly based in New York, is also venturing into the D.C. area for the first time. Located on Tysons Corner Center’s first floor near Macy’s, the newly opened shop sells nuts, dried fruit, candy, chocolate and other snacks, with the trendy Dubai chocolate among its signature offerings.
Previously announced stores still in the works include Clay Bowl — a Vietnamese eatery joining the third-floor food court — and Mavi Jeans as well as new locations for Zara, Under Armour and Shotted. Maggiano’s remains on track to open this spring.
In addition, “coming soon” signs have popped up around the mall for the mattress store Casper, a Blue Bottle Coffee cafe and a sofa showroom for 7th Avenue, though Tysons Corner Center hasn’t shared any details on when they might open.
