The AVP Riverside Open pro beach volleyball tournament begins today.  Since there is no beach in downtown Riverside, I drove down to Market / Third a few times over the past week to see how asphalt could be transformed into a beach.

AVP Riverside Open Preparation - 04/10/2009

AVP Riverside Open Preparation - 04/15/2009

OK, so it’s not exactly the beach, but it’s pretty cool to see pro beach volleyball in Riverside.

Event links:

• City of Riverside live webcam
• AVP Riverside Open event site
• City of Riverside event parking map