Manhattan Beach Open Downtown Bar Scene During Beach Volleyball Tournament

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 Open is can we get into the bars!

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 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

About the only thing missing were some of the sport’s marquee players, who have been forced to leave California’s beaches for ones in Europe due to the lack of a full tour, and also some locals. While Sunday’s stands were full, Saturday was fairly sedate on the sand, at least by Manhattan Open standards.

However, the downtown bars sure were busy. And being one to go where the the action is, the Bar Blogger left the beach and went to the bars. That involved the new and happening Strand House, and joining the Bud Light Lime girls bouncing around from Shark’s Cove to Ercoles to Shellback Tavern.

The 2020 event is scheduled for Aug. 14-16, wth one in a mile and half down the Strand, the Hermosa Beach Open on July 24-26.