Muscle Sands
is inspired by Muscle Beach Venice, Los Angeles, California
Inspired by a real place
Real-world photo: Wikimedia Commons
How close does the game get to the real place?
In the game
An open-air gym on the Vespucci Beach seafront, where Franklin is sometimes found working out.
The real place
Muscle Beach Venice is an outdoor weightlifting area at the south end of the Venice Beach Recreation Center, famous for its bodybuilding history. Muscle Sands copies the fenced, sun-baked workout pen on the boardwalk.
Visiting
Anyone can watch from the boardwalk, and day passes to train there are sold on site. It is next to the basketball courts made famous by films.
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