News Beach volleyball 03/05/2014 Superb setting for Puerto Vallarta Open PuertoVallarta, Mexico, May 2, 2014 – The temporary stadium that will hostthe battles of the most powerful beach volleyball pairs in the world duringthe FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Puerto Vallarta Open is close to completion.Nearly45 workers began construction on Monday on the 3,000 capacity stadium thatwill host third FIVB Volleyball World Tour event of the year, which starts on Tuesday and runs until Sunday.The process of setting up the venue included importing clean sand, establishing offices for the anti-doping test area, apress room, VIP area, athlete rest area, medical service room, hydration zoneand an area for the referees. The technology team also needed to enable connectivityto service the media, the FIVB and TV production.OnSaturday, flags were raised for the 26 countries that will be represented by the beachvolleyball teams.Apress conference will take place Sunday, with local media and Mayor, RamonMartinez Guerrero present.Nearly15,000 fans are expected to attend the tournament, which is the most importantevent in Puerto Vallarta in recent years.Whileit will be the first FIVB international event in Puerto Vallarta, it will bethe fifth time the country has hosted a FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event.It will be the second of seven double-gender Open events on the 2014 FIVB BeachVolleyball World Tour schedule.Previously,Acapulco had FIVB World Tour events in 1999, 2005 and 2006 and Rosarito Beachhosted a FIVB World Tour stop in 2000. In the first four events in Mexico,Brazil and the United States captured all but three of the 24 total medals.Theeleven FIVB Beach Volleyball Opens on the 2014 FIVB World Tour include sevendouble-gender, two men-only and two women-only tournaments, adding numerouspossibilities for athletes to compete in high quality, FIVB internationalcompetition. Over the course of the year more Open events could be added to theschedule, ensuring that all five Confederations will host an FIVB event in2014. Print this Page News {{item.LocalShortDate}} {{item.Title}} All the News