Samueli Family Banks on TeamLab for Anaheim

The Samueli family, owners of the Anaheim Ducks, is betting a major portion of their $5 billion redevelopment plan on the cultural pull of Japanese digital art. In a deal reported by Bloomberg, the family has committed to funding TeamLab Anaheim entirely, a project valued at more than $100 million.

The permanent exhibition space is slated to open in 2030 as a centerpiece of OCVIBE. This multiuse development will convert approximately 100 acres surrounding the Honda Center into a district featuring housing, offices, hotels, and entertainment venues. The architectural design for the TeamLab building will be handled by Smith-Clementi, a firm based in California.

TeamLab, founded by Toshiyuki Inoko in Tokyo in 2001, operates as a multidisciplinary collective of artists, programmers, engineers, and mathematicians. The group focuses on the intersection of art, science, technology, and nature. Their work has established a global footprint, with existing permanent exhibition spaces in Macao, Shanghai, Beijing, Jeddah, and Hamburg.

The developers view the new location as a strategic cultural asset. The site in Anaheim sits 30 miles south of Los Angeles and roughly 10 minutes from Disneyland. The Samueli family aims to replicate the success of the collective's Tokyo venues, which attracted over 4.2 million visitors in 2025.

Alongside the financial and logistical details, the developers released a series of visual renders depicting the proposed interior and exterior of the space. These images provide the first public look at how the digital art installations will integrate with the physical architecture of the new building.