The Association of Volleyball Professionals, or AVP, is a beach volleyball tour which takes place throughout the United States. The summer tour starts in April and continues almost every weekend until the end of October.
On August 13, 2010 AVP suspended operations because of financial hardship. The investment group RJSM Partners, which was originally a minority investor in AVP, has had a controlling interest in it since April 2009. The Tour resumed operations on October 22, 2011 in Huntington Beach for its inaugural AVP Championships event. Additional events under a new operational model were held in 2012, including the AVP Cincinnati Open, held Aug. 30 - Sept. 2 in Cincinnati, Ohio and the AVP Championships, held Sept. 7 - 9 in Santa Barbara, Calif. A full tour will be held in 2013 consisting of four to six tour stops.
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