The Wimbledon Of Beach Volleyball Means Busy Bars In This Southern California City

Manhattan Beach Open volleyball hot blonde — A Manhattan Beach babe watches the Manhattan Open from the pier. Photo: PubClub.com

More important than who wins the Manhattan Beach AVP Open is can we get into the bars after the final point!?

That’s the attitude of many people who goes to this annual event at the pier of this lively Southern California beach city a few miles south of Los Angeles International Airport.

Manhattan Beach Open center court — The pros play on the sand during the Manhattan Open volleyball while a lot of fans play the city’s bars. Photo: PubClub.com

Players take a break during the Manhattan Open beach volleyball.

With grandstands on the sand and on the pier, a tent grilling burgers and an entertainment area that in the past has included a rock climb that splashed people with water and a margarita lime-shaped mechanical bull, it had much the look and feel of the full-on AVP events.

Shark's Cove downtown Manhattan Beach bars nightlife — These hot girls pause from dancing on the booth to pose for PubClub.com during the beach volleyball tournament. Photo: PubClub.com

This event, known as the Wimbledon of Beach Volleyball, has full stands on the weekend and that means the downtown Manhattan Beach bars are busy to the point they are overflowing with people creating long wait times for those who took too long to get off the sand.

And being one to go where the the action is, PubClub.com typically leaves the beach before the day’s play is complete (except for Sunday’s finals) and involves Strand House, Ercoles and the iconic Mamhattan Berach bar Shellback Tavern.

The Manhtttan Beach AVP Open is traditionally in mid-July,