That same study found that if Santa Monica didn’t host the beach competition it would still generate $11.3 million from tourism against $650,000 in expenses for a profit of $10.65 million.

Santa Monica State Beach was tabbed to be the L.A. home for Olympic beach volleyball since the organizing committee’s first bid in 2016. But when city officials and LA28 could not reach an ...

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (KABC) -- The city of Santa Monica will not be hosting beach volleyball for the 2028 Summer Olympic and Paralympic games, the city announced Tuesday. LA28 and the city of ...

LA28 informed Santa Monica officials on Friday that they had decided to hold the Olympic beach volleyball competition elsewhere. LA28 also has yet to secure a contract to use the Honda Center as the ...

LA28 Olympic organizers were initially seeking to build a temporary venue near Santa Monica Pier for beach volleyball at the 2028 Olympics. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) ...

A 12,000-seat beach volleyball stadium in the self-proclaimed birthplace of the beach game with the iconic Santa Monica Pier in the background was one of the cornerstones of an original venue plan ...