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Winter
What’s New
in Anaheim, California
Discover the latest
news in hotels,
attractions, development,
culinary, breweries and more!
ACC North, Anaheim Convention
Center’s Latest Expansion
Welcomes Meetings & Conventions:
On the heels of ACC North’s grand
opening last fall, planners are utilizing
the building’s 200,000 square feet
of new flexible space in exciting
ways. The top level of ACC North
is column-free, providing groups
the flexibility to create a number of
room configurations from educational
breakouts to concerts and galas.
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ACC North’s 2,000+ rigging points are
giving way to exciting new activations
such as hanging a car every ten feet.
The 10,000-square-foot balcony facing
Disneyland Resort gives a memorable
opening or closing night with their
magical fireworks display to ring in the
evening. Cementing its place as the
largest convention center on the West
Coast Anaheim Convention Center is
now 1.8 million square feet and has
joined the “one million-square-foot
club” list of facilities offering more
than one million square feet of exhibit
space.
VisitAnaheim.org/meetings
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Hotel Four Diamond Hotel Disneyland Resort Reveals Plans for
New Hotel: Disneyland Resort will add
Anaheim GardenWalk
Development in Anaheim a fourth property and first new build Hotels Approved:
Welcoming 23 million visitors year-round in 20 years. The 700-room, AAA Four Westgate Anaheim GardenWalk:
and home to over 150 hotels, Anaheim’s Diamond hotel will offer many luxury Located next to the dining,
accommodation portfolio is expanding to amenities including two pools, a fitness entertainment and shopping destination
offer new AAA luxury hotels and resorts. center, concierge service and a kid’s Anaheim GardenWalk, a new 392-room
play area. Guests will enjoy viewing timeshare hotel will be built.
fireworks at the rooftop restaurant that
Westin Anaheim Resort is Underway: overlooks the resort. The new location GardenWalk II: Another hotel adjacent
The seven-story Westin Anaheim Resort will transform the west end of the to Anaheim GardenWalk, a 350-room or
adjacent to the Anaheim Convention Downtown Disney District and anchor more property will be underway in the
Center will feature 613 stylish guestrooms, a new gateway to the Disneyland coming years, plans expected by June
including 101 suites, three restaurants, two Resort. Construction on the hotel 2019.
bars including a rooftop lounge overlooking begins summer 2018 with a slated 2021
Disneyland’s nightly fireworks, a resort-style opening. Disneyland.disney.go.com
pool and a marketplace. The hotel will also
feature 11 meeting rooms totaling 42,000
square feet of customizable and high-tech
meeting space including a 16,000-square- Hotels Planned
foot grand ballroom. This is the first newly Hampton Inn & Suites Anaheim
built Westin in Southern California in over 25 Resort and Convention Center: The
years; the property is set to open in 2019. 178-room limited-service property
will stand five stories and feature a
second-level pool deck, breakfast
Orange County’s First JW Marriott Breaks
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room, meeting room and fitness room.
Ground in Anaheim: A JW Marriott is The property is located within a mile of
currently under construction, located the Anaheim Convention Center at 100
adjacent to the Anaheim GardenWalk in the W. Katella Ave. and is set to open this
heart of the Anaheim Resort district. The summer.
12-story $150 million property will have 466
guest rooms as well as meeting space for Element by Westin
groups. Construction began in late 2017; Element by Westin: Anaheim’s first
opening expected in late 2019 or early 2020. Westin property will open this summer
at 205 W. Alro Way, within four miles of
the Anaheim Convention Center. The
Luxury Hotel (1700 South Harbor five-story, 174-room hotel will offer a
Blvd.) to Replace Anaheim Plaza Hotel pool deck with barbecues and lounge
& Suites: Located within a mile of the chairs, suites and studio rooms, and a
Anaheim Convention Center on the fitness center.
corner of Harbor Blvd. and Disney Way,
the 580-room property will have two
signature restaurants, swimming pools, Cambria Hotel & Suites: The new
50,000 square feet of meeting space and a property, located within a mile of the
lounge overlooking the Disneyland Resort. Anaheim Convention Center at 1721
Construction on the $208 million hotel has S. Manchester Ave., will have meeting
not begun. space, a contemporary bistro called
Social Circle, and a California-themed
outdoor space with a pool and movie
screening wall. The 352-room hotel will
open in November 2018.
Disneyland Resort
Westgate Anaheim Gardenwalk
Attraction The Popular Disney California Adventure
Food & Wine Festival is Back: Disney
California Adventure Food & Wine
Festival returns March 2 to April 12, with
flavors and fare inspired by the Golden
State. The culinary festival brings delicious
cuisine, specialty beverages and exciting
entertainment for guests of all ages to enjoy.
Black Tap Craft Burgers & Beer Coming to Downtown
Disney District in 2018: Known for its award-winning
burgers and signature CrazyShake™ milkshakes, Black
With experiences happening daily during the Tap Craft Burgers & Beer is creating a customized
six-week event, the festival will offer more concept for its first California location at Downtown
than a dozen Festival Marketplaces, along Disney which will feature indoor and outdoor seating. The
with live music, entertainment and special burger and beer joint will be set in a casual atmosphere
activities. Guests will also experience reminiscent of a classic American luncheonette, but with
presentations and demonstrations a distinctly New York vibe. Black Tap’s menu will include
from celebrity chefs Robert Irvine, Alex burgers ranging from the classic All-American to The
Guarnaschelli and Shaun O’Neale, food Vegan Burger. In addition, their specialty “CrazyShakes”
and beverage tastings, winemaker dinners, will boast whimsical and over-the-top decorations and
beer, wine and spirit seminars, and more. flavors, such as The Cotton Candy Shake and The Bam
Disneyland.disney.go.com Bam Shake. Blacktapnyc.com
Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge Brings Visitors
to a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Guests will
experience intergalactic adventures in the
highly-anticipated Star Wars–themed land ‘Star Wars’ Virtual Reality Attraction
now known as “Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge.”
The 14-acre land will open with two anchor
to Open at Downtown Disney
attractions – one that gives guests the
chance to pilot the Millennium Falcon on a
customized secret mission, and another that
puts guests right in the middle of a battle
between the First Order and the Resistance.
Guests will also encounter various
characters, including BB8, Chewbacca, Rex
and Kylo Ren. Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge will
open at Disneyland Park in 2019.
Disneyland.disney.go.com
Downtown Disney
Splitsville Lanes Opening January
29: Splitsville Lanes, boasting a unique
combination of dining, bowling and live
entertainment, will soon be opening its
doors at Downtown Disney District. The
spectacular 40,000-square-foot, two-story
venue is providing a lively, yet comfortable
atmosphere for guests of all ages to enjoy. An attraction named Star Wars:
The environment will fuse modern elements
with a mid-century vibe, featuring floor-
to-ceiling windows, an expansive outdoor
Secrets of the Empire that blends
patio, two state-of-the-art kitchens and
20 bowling lanes interspersed throughout.
virtual reality and real-world
Splittsvillelanes.com
elements is now open.
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Brewery
Anaheim
Anaheim’s Bavarian founding colonists Anaheim Breweries Noble Ale Works’ Expansion Triples
gave Anaheim its German name and legacy Footprint: Located within walking
of breweries dating back to the 1800s. Under Construction: distance of Angel Stadium and Honda
However, Prohibition mandated all the • Brewheim Center, this pregame brewery of
breweries were mandated to close. Fast (Opening summer 2018) choice is expanding its current space,
forward to today, with the full support of adding 10,000 square feet to the beer
the city, Anaheim’s craft brewery scene is • Electrica Craft Brewery production facility, including a new
booming once again. With 15 breweries (Opening summer 2018) 30-barrel brewhouse and expanded
open now and more on the way, Anaheim’s • Modern Times’ Leisuretown tasting room. Noble Ale Works was
brew scene is hopping. (Opening summer 2018) named best small brewery in the
• Silo Brewing world in 2016 and won three medals,
(Details have not been announced) including gold for its I Love It! IPA. The
Anaheim Breweries expansion will be completed in early
2018. NobleAleWorks.com
Brewery Expansion News
Open for Business Golden Road Brewing Opens After
Massive Expansion: Golden Road
Brewing Orange County is located
All American Ale Works directly across the street from Angel
Stadium in Anaheim. Visitors can
explore the new 18,000-square-foot
Anaheim Brewery facility (5,000 indoor + 13,000 outdoor)
that houses 40 rotating taps, indoor
Asylum Brewing and outdoor bars, expansive beer
garden and a full-service restaurant
Backstreet Brewery among other great features. The
state-of-the-art onsite brewing facility
houses Golden Road’s spirit-inspired
Bottle Logic Brewery barrel program, an innovation brewery
appropriately dubbed the “brewer’s
Bruery Terreux playground” by Brewmaster Victor
Novak. Goldenroadla.com
Golden Road Brewing
Bottle Logic Brewing Expands
Hoparazzi Brewing Co. Tasting Room and Production
Facility: Expansion to Bottle Logic is
JT Schmid’s currently underway and will double
Restaurant and Brewery the brewery’s size, add an outdoor
patio area, as well as private event Golden Road Brewery
space. Bottle Logic will also expand
Karl Strauss Brewing Co. its collection of bourbon barrels to
triple production capacity of barrel-
Legends Craft Brewery
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aged brews. The expansion is set to be
completed by early 2018 with formal
Noble Ale Works tours available. BottleLogic.com
Phantom Ales & Cellar
Towne Park Brew
Unsung Brewing Co.
Bottle Logic Brewing
Ctr City Ctr City is Anaheim’s historic downtown
district located in the heart of Anaheim, just
minutes from Disneyland and the Anaheim
Convention Center. Ctr City is a walkable
Spirit Distillery Streams into MAKE
Building: Located across the street
from Anaheim Packing District, MAKE
Building is a 10,500-square-foot
structure that was once an early 1900s
• Hummos & Pita: Anaheim’s
newest Mediterranean fast-casual
restaurant is now open.
• Requiem: Coffee, Tea and Fantasy:
destination for visitors to enjoy local unique Requiem will be a video game
marmalade factory and is now home coffee shop celebrating all things
eateries, breweries, shops and much more.
to makers: Unsung Brewing Co. and nerd culture. There will be four
Pali Wine Co. Stone Groove Stillhouse themed seating and gaming areas
Anaheim Packing House Welcomes is soon to come and Jav’s BBQ is now inspired by locations found in video
New Concepts: Built in 1919 as Sunkist’s open. AnaheimMake.com games: science fiction, medieval,
citrus packing plant, the Anaheim Packing a magical forest and steampunk.
House is now a two-story contemporary Modern Times’ Leisuretown Coming
to Anaheim: Opening down the street An open date has not been
food hall. Below is the latest in tenant news. announced.
Anaheimpackingdistrict.com from the Anaheim Packing District,
Leisuretown will be more than just a • Promenade Pub: A new concept
• Sweetbird: One of the investors behind brewery, it will be a destination. Modern from the same owners as Colony
Anaheim Packing House’s comfort Times Beer brewery will be located Wine Merchant, Promenade Pub
food sensation The Kroft is opening up inside a warehouse and next door in will be a fast-casual beer focused
Sweetbird, a fried chicken concept in a historic craftsman house will be a concept with twenty taps from
January 2018. vegan Mexican restaurant, outdoor local breweries, a pet-friendly
garden, a swimming pool complete with outdoor patio and pub grub. The
• Mangal by Aleppo’s Kitchen: Aleppo’s a poolside bar, movie screen and great anticipated open date has not been
Kitchen has opened a second outlet coffee. Leisuretown will open summer announced.
at the Anaheim Packing House which 2018. Moderntimesbeer.com
will sell its most popular Syrian dishes
including grilled kabobs, falafel HomeMADE Concept Revealed: The
Ctr City/Center Street Promenade latest Anaheim project from Shaheen
sandwiches, tabbouleh, beef and Adds New Tenants: Visit the rebirth of
chicken shawarma and kibbeh. Sadeghi, the mastermind behind
historic downtown Anaheim on Center the Anaheim Packing House, MAKE
• SEED People’s Market: The St. Promenade, between Harbor Blvd. Building, Leisuretown and much more
SEED Kiosks offer unique items and Anaheim Blvd. to enjoy outdoor will be HomeMADE. Located across
for everyone in the family with an cafes, unique eateries and boutiques, the street from the Anaheim Packing
array of curated goods. The kiosk the local farmers market, seasonal House, HomeMADE will be a funky
offers #productswithapurpose with art shows and street fairs. The latest residential project that promotes
an assortment of culinary items, openings in the heart of Ctr City are culinary artists. The apartments all have
locally sourced packaged foods, and below. CenterStreetAnaheim.com commercial kitchens, so local chefs
organically grown plants. can open their homes for a ‘food walk’
• Good Things: A local hangout
designed like a 1970s rec room, where people can come in and eat.
Farmers Park Gains Two New Good Things is the place to enjoy Construction has not begun.
Restaurants: Farmers Park is located a wide-variety of beers in a colorful
between the Anaheim Packing vintage setting. Anything and
House and the Packard Building. everything is for sale from the décor
Anaheimpackingdistrict.com to the glasses and vinyl records to
• 18 Folds: A dim sum and craft books. Now open.
beer concept that will be dishing • House of Chimney Cakes: Newly
up dumplings, made-from-scratch opened, House of Chimney Cakes
Chinese dishes and 18 craft beer taps has gone viral, bringing traditional
all sourced from Anaheim breweries in Hungarian desserts to Anaheim.
early 2018. Cylinder shaped churro-like cones
• Cultivation: The building dubbed the are topped with guests’ choice of
“Greenhouse” has been leased by toppings and ice cream.
a company called Cultivation. The
concept will be farm-to-fork.
Good Things
Other Anaheim and Garden Grove
Development News
Orange County’s First Shipping Container
Food Hall Coming to Garden Grove:
SteelCraft Garden Grove will include 20
artisanal retailers and restaurants, including
coffee, wine, beer and dessert offerings, all
located in repurposed cargo containers that
are 40 feet each. The center will be located
on a 1.8-acre lot behind City Hall and is
estimated to be completed mid-to-late
2018.
Major Hotel and Mixed-Use Development
Coming to Garden Grove: SCG America
has begun planning a mixed-use
development project located on Harbor
Blvd. within the Anaheim Resort district.
The development allows a combination
of up to three hotels, 39,000 square feet
of meeting space, 20,000 square feet of
restaurant space and structured parking.
Groundbreaking is planned to take place in
2018. SCGamerica.com
Mixed-Use Project Comes to Anaheim
Next to Angel Stadium: The $450 million
15-acre LT Platinum Center adjacent
to Angel Stadium will have an outdoor
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entertainment center, a 26-story hotel,
dining, retail, office space, residential
apartments, acres of urban park space. The
residential building, The George, is now
taking applications. The entire project is set
for completion by 2022.
LTplatinumcenter.com
Steelcraft Garden Grove
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