Memphis Sports & Events Center

"Quite an impressive facility! Attend my second volleyball tournament this past weekend. Advise for new attendees is to purchase your tickets online ahead of the event and just present your QR code that you are given after purchasing your tickets."

"This facility has the potential to be amazing. It starts off with online ticket ordering which should be great, it gives the facility a general idea of how many spectators to expect and therefore plan seating accordingly. Instead many on the volleyball courts did not have adequate seating available and the parents and grandparents of the athletes were forced to stand or heaven forbid sit on the sticky crusty blackened floor. We started our day off thinking we were lucky and in great shape as our side of the court had two bleacher stands. One seemed to have fallen out of the back of a truck as it was twisted and mangled but still doable. Apparently, though, we showed too much happiness and appreciation as one of the bleachers were taken away and hauled off to who knows where, probably storage. The seating, crusty floor catastrophe is only experienced after you have sat in your car for an hour. Google maps claimed that the trip from our hotel was a short 15 min drive to this facility but failed to mention the Parking Lot Mafia collecting a toll. This 45 minute slow down resulted in more than half of our team being late. It should probably be mentioned in the online ticket sales to expect parking delays. With the excessive entry fee for a children's tournament and the exorbitant fee for subpar parking, something as simple as a seat should not be considered an outrageous or unachievable feat. I am giving a 2 star review, because the only overflowing trash cans I observed resided in the bathrooms."

"What a beautiful facility:) It can be rented out for special occasions:) Many camps for youngsters some sponsored/put on by NIKE."

"Nice new facility but very poorly run. The layout of the courts was way to crammed. The tournament organizers could’ve spread the tournament out more to the other side, but they opted to just pack thousands in on one side. Also, they refused to presell tickets, so the morning of the tournament was a complete cluster. Many families waited in the cold rain for 2 hours missing their child’s first game because they only had one ticket window open at first and were only taking cards. Not to mention, they were searching 12, 13 and 14 year old club volleyball girls bags.Terrible tournament."

"Great venue! We had amazing experience first tournament with online ticket sales. Second volleyball tournament this past weekend was not as smoothly run. They did not allow online ticket sales so there was a very long line in the rain to buy tickets. I believe most people waited 45-60 mins to buy tickets. Highly recommend going back to online ticket sales before the event. But we did appreciate the MPD presence this time around. Venue also has good variety of food and drink offerings."