2007 AVP Crocs Cup Cincinnati Open   -  Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio

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2007 AVP Crocs Cup Cincinnati Open presented by Herbalife Tickets On Sale Now

Pro Beach Volleyball returns for the season-ending AVP Tour championship

CINCINNATI (OH), February 12, 2007 - Reach Event Marketing, local promoters of the AVP Crocs Cup Cincinnati Open presented by Herbalife and AVP, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: AVPI), a lifestyle sports entertainment company focused on professional beach volleyball, today announced that tickets for the season-ending, world-class AVP Tour championship at Lindner Family Tennis Center in Mason, Ohio, are on sale now.

Tickets for this year’s event, held over Labor Day weekend Aug. 30-Sept. 2, can be purchased through mustseeavp.com, Tickets.com, and at all Meijer store locations in Cincinnati, Louisville, Lexington, Dayton and Columbus. Prices range from $9-$75 with special discounts and various packages available this year.

To help kick off ticket sales, a special Valentine’s Day media event will be held on Feb. 14 at Slatts Pub at 4858 Cooper Road in Blue Ash, Ohio, from 4 to 7 p.m.  Special guests include AVP stars Rachel Wacholder and Sean Scott, who will be in attendance to help promote the event.

The 2007 season will be Wacholder’s eighth on Tour.  She has won several different awards throughout her career including AVP Best Defensive Player and AVP Most Improved Player.  In 2005 Wacholder won the inaugural AVP Cincinnati Open with then-partner Elaine Youngs.

Scott begins his ninth season on the AVP Tour this year.  Career highlights have included Rookie of the Year honors in 1999 and Most Improved Player in 2005.

2007 AVP Crocs Cup Cincinnati Open presented by Herbalife Schedule

Thursday, Aug. 30 - Qualifier – 8:00 am to approx. 6:00 pm

 

MAIN DRAW

Friday, Aug. 31 - Day Session - 8:00 am to approx. 6:30 pm - 6 courts

Friday, Aug. 31 - Night Session - 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm - 1 court, 3 games

 

Saturday, Sept. 1 - Day Session - 9:00 am to approx. 5:00 pm - 6 courts

Saturday, Sept. 1 - Night Session - 6:15 pm to approx. 10:30 pm - 1 court, 3 games

(Women's semifinal at 6:15 pm, Men's final 8:00 pm, Women's second semifinal following Men's final)  

 

Sunday, Sept. 2 - Day Session - 10:00 am to approx. 4:00 pm - 2 courts - (Women’s final at 2:30 pm)

 

Defending Champions

Women – Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh

Men – Phil Dalhausser/Todd Rodgers

 

2005 Champions

Women – Elaine Youngs/Rachel Wacholder

Men – Mike Lambert/John Hyden

Online Information

For updated 2007 event information including sponsorships, hospitality, tickets, schedules and general announcements throughout the year visit the local website at www.mustseeavp.com and national website at www.avp.com.

About the AVP

AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour, Inc. is a leading lifestyle sports entertainment company focused on the production, marketing and distribution of professional beach volleyball events worldwide.  AVP operates the industry's most prominent national touring series, the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour, which was organized in 1983.  Featuring more than 150 of the top American men and women competitors in the sport, AVP is set to stage 18 events throughout the United States in 2007.   In 2004, AVP athletes successfully represented the United States during the Olympics in Athens, Greece, winning gold and bronze medals, the first medals won by U.S. women in professional beach volleyball.  For more information, please visit www.avp.com.

About Reach Event Marketing

Reach Event Marketing (REM) is a full-service event marketing company that specializes in organizing, marketing and promoting regional and national events including the AVP Crocs Cup Cincinnati Open presented by Herbalife, AVP Louisville Open, Prep Classic, Skyline Crosstown Shootout Luncheon and i-wireless High School Tour.  REM offers strategic marketing expertise at the grassroots level in many areas including the selling of advertising, sponsorship and hospitality packages, ticket sales management, and promotion.  In addition to event marketing the company also publishes Hacks High School Sports Magazine.

Contacts:

Sponsorships                          Ticket Info                                Media (Local)

Reach Event Marketing          Reach Event Marketing            Reach Event Marketing

Mario Cicchinelli                       Rocky Reising                             Ed Letsinger

(513) 794-4174                       (513) 794-4176                         (513) 794-4177

mario@reachusa.com              rreising@reachusa.com              eletsinger@reachusa.com

 

Jennifer Frost                                                                            

(513) 794-4172                                                                          

jfrost@reachusa.com

 

AVP                                         Investor Contacts                     AVP Media & Credentials

Meg Bruno                               Marie Dagresto                          Kimberly Moran

(310) 426-7157                       (323) 468-2300                         (818)344-6195 X 121

mbruno@avp.com                    avpi@mkr-group.com                 kimberlym@bzapr.com

 

 


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