By now we’ve all heard the news that Santa Monica will not be the venue for beach volleyball in the 2028 Summer Olympics. We learned this week that the sport will be played down the road in Long Beach.

In other shifts, Alamitos Beach in Long Beach is set to host beach volleyball after talks between LA28 and Santa Monica ended, and Santa Anita Park was named the site for equestrian competition.

The City of Santa Monica will not host the beach volleyball event at the upcoming 2028 Olympics, after negotiations with the LA28 organizing committee fell through.

SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Santa Monica will not host the beach volleyball events during the upcoming 2028 Summer Olympics, the city announced this week. Officials said negotiations broke down after years of negotiations. Santa Monica Mayor Lana Negrete made the announcement on social media on Tuesday.

Hosting beach volleyball in 2028 would ultimately cost the city money. The post Why Santa Monica Rejected the Olympics appeared first on Front Office Sports.

Santa Monica will not host 2028 Olympic beach volleyball (dailybreeze.com) — Santa Monica has opted out of hosting the 2028 Olympic beach volleyball competition due to financial concerns, leaving LA 28 searching for a new venue.

Santa Monica will not host beach volleyball for the 2028 Summer Olympics following a stalemate in talks between the city and organizers of the games, officials announced Tuesday. The announcement came after nearly two years of negotiations between the city and LA28,

Santa Monica will not host beach volleyball during the 2028 Summer Olympics after nearly two years of negotiations between city officials and LA28, the Los Angeles Olympic organizing committee, ended formal talks,

Santa Monica will not host beach volleyball during the 2028 Summer Olympics after nearly two years of negotiations between city officials and LA28, the Los Angeles Olympic organizing committee, ended formal talks,

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 that was instrumental in LA 28 convincing the International Olympic Committee to award Los Angeles the 2028 Olympics, the city’s third Games.