Participating Players Announced for Final Stop on Debut Season of AVP Crocs Hot Winter Nights Indoor Beach Volleyball Tour.Las Vegas Native and AVP Tour Star Casey Jennings Among Players to Compete Feb. 23 at Indoor Tour's Final Event at Orleans Arena LAS VEGAS -- The AVP, Inc. (OTCBB:AVPI) (www.avp.com), a lifestyle sports entertainment company focused on professional beach volleyball, today announced its all-star competitors for the final event of the AVP Crocs Hot Winter Nights Indoor Beach Volleyball Tour, hosted by Orleans Arena. The 'Best of the Beach' lineup includes the nation's top beach volleyball players from the AVP Crocs Pro Beach Volleyball outdoor Tour, including former Olympians and contenders for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Top AVP players Elaine Youngs, Nicole Branagh, Jenny Johnson Jordan and April Ross will compete on the women's side, while Las Vegas native Casey Jennings, Todd Rogers, Mike Lambert and Sean Rosenthal will vie for the men's title. "It's always great to be back home," Jennings said. "Las Vegas is one of my favorite regular-season tour stops; it's always fun to play there and also see family and friends." The event will feature a round robin format to determine an individual women and men's champion. There will be four men's players and four women's players with three matches in a pool. Each player will play at least one game with each competitor, before moving on to the finals. Individuals with the best record then move on to the final. "The indoor tour gives us a unique opportunity to bring the AVP beach lifestyle atmosphere to volleyball fans located in areas we haven't previously visited," said Leonard Armato, CEO and commissioner of the AVP. "While everyone else is sipping cocoa and trying to keep warm, AVP fans will be enjoying the hottest beach parties all winter long." For more information on the AVP and the AVP Crocs Hot Winter Nights Tour, visit www.avp.com. The AVP Crocs Hot Winter Nights Tour is the first indoor volleyball tour of its kind and will travel to 19 cities throughout the country. The tour kicked off Jan. 10, 2008 in Oklahoma City, Okla. and ends Feb. 23 in Las Vegas, Nev. The AVP Crocs Hot Winter Nights Tour will bring the excitement of beach volleyball indoors, with over 200 tons of sand and the most popular and talented AVP players. The event will include a three-hour competition and a beach festival designed to re-create the fun and exciting warm-weather beach atmosphere indoors when it is cold outside. About the AVP, Inc AVP, Inc. is a leading lifestyle sports entertainment company focused on the production, marketing and distribution of professional beach volleyball events worldwide. One of the fastest growing entities in the sports world, the AVP operates two of the industry's most prominent national outdoor touring series, the AVP Pro Beach Volleyball Tour (1983) and the AVP Hot Winter Nights Indoor Tour (launched in 2008). The AVP is set to stage more than 35 events throughout the United States in 2008 and features more than 150 of the top men and women competitors in the sport. At the 2004 Athens Olympics, AVP athletes representing the United States won gold and bronze. The medals were the first won by the U.S. women in professional beach volleyball, and the 2007 World Champions in each gender are AVP athletes. AVP is headquartered in Los Angeles, Calif., and the company's stock trades under the symbol AVPI on the OTC Bulletin Board. For more information, please visit www.avp.com. About Crocs, Inc. Crocs, Inc. is a rapidly growing designer, manufacturer and retailer of footwear for men, women and children under the Crocs[TM] brand. All Crocs[TM] brand shoes feature Crocs' proprietary closed-cell resin, Croslite[TM], which represents a substantial innovation in footwear. The Croslite[TM] material enables us to produce soft, comfortable, lightweight, superior-gripping, non-marking and odor-resistant shoes. These unique elements make Crocs[TM] footwear ideal for casual wear, as well as for professional and recreational uses such as boating, hiking, hospitality and gardening. The versatile use of the material has enabled us to successfully market our products to a broad range of consumers. In 2006, the company acquired Jibbitz LLC, a unique accessory brand with colorful snap-on products specifically suited for Crocs[TM] shoes. Today, more than 1,100 Jibbitz[TM] designs are available to consumers for personalizing and customizing their Crocs[TM] footwear. Crocs[TM] shoes are sold in more than 80 countries and come in a wide array of colors and styles. Please visit www.crocs.com for additional information. Forward Looking Statements Some of the information in this press release may contain projections or other forward-looking statements regarding future events or the future financial performance of the Company. We wish to caution you that these statements involve risks and uncertainties and actual results might differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, if we receive less sponsorship and advertising revenue than anticipated, or if attendance is adversely affected by unfavorable weather. Event-related expenses, such as for the stadium, transportation and accommodations, or security might be greater than expected; or marketing or administrative costs might be increased by our hiring, not currently planned, of a particularly qualified prospect. Additional factors have been detailed in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our recent filings on Forms 10-KSB and 10-QSB. |
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