AVP JOINS BUILDING BOOM, EYES PERMANENT L.A. STADIUM

          The AVP, "stung by court rulings forbidding it to
     charge for tickets" at its beach events, said Wednesday that
     it plans to build a permanent volleyball stadium somewhere
     in L.A., according to Deborah Belgum of the L.A. TIMES.  The
     announcement came after a "prolonged dispute" with the CA
     Coastal Commission left the AVP unable to charge for tickets
     at its two major CA tournaments, held each summer in Hermosa
     Beach and Manhattan Beach.  The AVP has hired a West L.A.
     real estate firm to scout the L.A. area for a site.  AVP COO
     Lon Monk: "I hope that people recognize that irrespective of
     building a stadium, we are still going to do everything
     within our power to remain on the beaches of Manhattan Beach
     and Hermosa Beach.  But if we can't, it will make the
     stadium a bigger deal."  Belgum reports that the AVP "gave
     no details of what kind of stadium it would build, where it
     would be or how it would be financed" (L.A. TIMES, 7/17).