{"id":320407,"date":"2026-08-13T15:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-13T15:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/320407\/"},"modified":"2026-08-13T15:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-13T15:20:08","slug":"avp-manhattan-beach-open-expected-to-pack-the-coastline-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/320407\/","title":{"rendered":"AVP Manhattan Beach Open expected to pack the coastline this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A stretch of the coastline in the South Bay will turn into one of the biggest beach volleyball parties in the region this weekend as the <a href=\"https:\/\/avp.com\/event\/2026-manhattan-beach-open\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">2026 AVP Manhattan Beach Open<\/a> begins. <\/p>\n<p>Although the opening qualifier takes place on Thursday, the main draw runs Friday through Sunday, featuring Olympians, AVP stars and some of the best beach volleyball players in the world. <\/p>\n<p>The tournament will be held just south of the Manhattan Beach Pier. Competition will begin at 8 a.m. each day. <\/p>\n<p>The tournament was established in 1960 and is considered the longest-running and most prestigious professional beach volleyball event in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Defending champions Taryn Brasher and Kristen Nuss Cruz return on the women&#8217;s side, along with men&#8217;s champions Chase Budinger and Miles Evans.<\/p>\n<p>The champions earn a plaque on the Manhattan Beach Pier, cementing their names in local sports history. \u00a0Fans can see that tradition up close during Thursday&#8217;s Walk of Fame ceremony, when last year&#8217;s winners will be honored and their plaques unveiled. The ceremony is free and open to the public. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>General admission is free and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Organizers recommend attendees arrive early and bring sunscreen.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n          More from CBS News\n        <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A stretch of the coastline in the South Bay will turn into one of the biggest beach volleyball&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":320408,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-320407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=320407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/320407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/320408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=320407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=320407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=320407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}