Volleyball venue takes shape

COLUMBIA TWP., Ohio - Despite financial questions surrounding the AVP , local organizers say the professionals will serve it up in September at a new location.

The development is called Hahana Beach . Developers hope to have construction finished in the next two weeks. The venue will include six volleyball courts along with a year round full service bar and restaurant.

"This is exactly what the Wooster Pike corridor and Columbia Township has needed for a long time," said partner Brian Polark.

Polark says the facility will create more than 50 full and part-time jobs.

Organizers have used the Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason for the event. They believe the new location better captures what sand volleyball is all about.

"[Sports] like tennis, basketball, and hockey were meant to be played in arenas. Beach volleyball, in it's purest form, was meant to played on the sand and viewed from the sand and cheered and rooted from the sand and heckled from on the sand as well," said Polark.

The Los Angles Times reported players learned about financial problems with the AVP during a conference call.

Polark says with our without the AVP, there will be a tournament in Cincinnati.

"We fully expect the AVP to pull through and the tournament to run as scheduled. But, on the off chance that it doesn't, we'll be absolutely fine here," Polark said.

Tickets are on sale for the AVP event.

Due to limited parking at the site, organizers will run shuttles between area parking lots to accommodate the thousands expected for the tournament.