Heat Ultra Lounge - Opening in Anaheim

DJ AM wows the crowd with his skills despite having arrived an hour late. (Colin Young-Wolff / For The Times)

Sept. 16, 2014 9:44 AM PT

The crowd packed the dance floor at the club designed to accommodate up to 900 people. (Colin Young-Wolff / For The Times)

Purple, red and blue light up the club’s interior. (Colin Young-Wolff / For The Times)

Carley Gomez, Lily Velazquez, Kathy Perez and Jason Johnson meet up for a night at Heat. (Colin Young-Wolff / For The Times)

A group of friends from Huntington Beach pose with cocktail waitress Sara Cox at their VIP table. (Colin Young-Wolff / For The Times)

Heather Fletcher (at left) celebrates her birthday with friends Marie Medeck, Cara Cartmell and Alison Jones. Another patron jumped in front of the group as this shot was taken and quickly flitted away into the club-going crowd without giving her name. (Colin Young-Wolff / For The Times)

Daniel Oreta shows off his break dance moves in front of friends. (Colin Young-Wolff / For The Times)

Friends Evelyn Aguiar, Rosie Mustafa, Daysi Joher (wife of owner Chade Joher) and Celine Martinez relax in a VIP area. (Colin Young-Wolff / For The Times)

Kim Shapiro, Ryan Doxey along with Paola C. and Fernanda V. (both of whom did not want to give their last names) hang out in Heat’s indoor smoking patio. (Colin Young-Wolff / For The Times)