I was planning on driving down from STL to Memphis for the weekend + Monday for the Hoops game.
Never been to Memphis as an adult, done the Beale street experience, etc.

We have been hearing that downtown Memphis is so rough that it's not even worth going anymore.
Is that the truth or just a few people that had a bad experience?
I sure parts of it are rough & dangerous, but that's not unlike most other cities.

We were just planning on sticking to the arena and the main touristy areas anyways.
Anybody have any recent experiences there?