Atlanta Beach

Volleyball—Beach venue 1996. Atlanta Beach, located approximately 20 mi
(32 km) south of the Atlanta Olympic Village,
hosted the first-ever Olympic beach volleyball
tournament. This spacious facility, which received
significant renovations and improvements
in order to stage the competition, contained lakes and other recreational facilities,
as well as the sandy beaches that hosted
the fields of play. Two stadium courts were
constructed—a center court (stadium court)
with seating for 9,600 and court 2 (grandstand
court) with seating for 3,000.