Spooky Season Begins As Spirit Halloween Opens In Springfield

It’s now mid-September, which means the Halloween season has arrived — at least at the more than 1,400 seasonal Spirit Halloween stores that have opened nationwide, including the one in Springfield.

All the company’s stores across every state sell costumes, Halloween décor and accessories for children, teens and adults. The store in Springfield is open at 6721-B Frontier Drive across from Springfield Town Center. This is the same location as 2020. Hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. all days but Sunday, when it is open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Other Spirit Halloween stores in Northern Virginia include:

• 3540 South Jefferson Street, Falls Church, VA 22041
• 14173 Crossing Place, Woodbridge, VA 22192
• 13067 Fair Lakes Shopping Center, Fairfax, VA 22033 (Opening Sept. 25)
• 5619 Stone Road, Centreville, VA 20120 (opening soon)
• 8105 Sudley Road, Manassas, VA 20109
• 21000 Southbank Street, Sterling, VA 20165
• 13261 Gateway Center Drive, Gainesville, VA 20155
• 42920 Piccadilly Plaza, Ashburn, VA 20147

The store allows online shopping by theme, so customers can filter costumes by TV show or movie, among other sections. Filters are also available by size, price or rating.

Spirit Halloween has Harley Quinn, Stitch and fox costumes among their featured popular buys more than six weeks ahead of the Oct. 31 holiday.

Be aware of the local mask policy before entering Spirit Halloween stores or any other brick-and-mortar business, even with the coronavirus pandemic having passed its year-and-a-half mark. Virginia recommends but not requires masks in public indoor places, but individual businesses may choose to implement a mask requirement.

While Spirit Halloween does not specifically state masks are required for vaccinated customers, all employees — vaccinated and unvaccinated — are required to wear face coverings. The store also requires face coverings for all unvaccinated customers.

Hand sanitizer stations are posted at the store’s entrance, and plastic shields are mounted around the registers.