TeamLab exhibition space set for Anaheim in 2030

TeamLab, the Japanese digital art collective famous for its immersive exhibitions, is set to open its first permanent space in the US.

on thursday, bloomberg informed The Samueli family, billionaire owners of the NHL team Anaheim Mighty Ducks, signed a more than $100 million deal with TeamLab to open a location in Anaheim, California, which is projected to open in 2030. The site will be part of a larger $5 billion development of the land surrounding Honda Center, home of the Ducks.

TeamLab will be a key component of the OCVIBE development that is transforming approximately 100 acres of land into a multi-use zone with housing, offices, hotels and an entertainment district. bloomberg It was reported that the development of TeamLab Anaheim will be entirely funded by the Samueli family. TeamLab Anaheim will be housed in a building designed by California-based architecture firm Smith-Clementi.

Founded in Tokyo in 2001 by Toshiyuki Inoko, TeamLab is an international art collective composed of a multidisciplinary team including artists, programmers, engineers, CG animators, mathematicians and architects who collaborate to explore the intersection of art, science, technology and nature.

TeamLab Anaheim will be 30 miles south of Los Angeles and about a 10-minute drive from Disneyland. The developers will be hoping that it will be as popular and culturally relevant as other TeamLab locations around the world. According to TeamLab, the collective’s two locations in Tokyo could welcome more than 4.2 million visitors in 2025. TeamLab currently has permanent exhibition spaces in Macau, Shanghai, Beijing, Jeddah and Hamburg.

As part of TeamLab Anaheim’s announcement, the developers also revealed a series of renders of the space, which you can see below.