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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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