[Goldwater Girl]

The Riverwalk actually covers a lot of territory downtown- more than a mile, I think. But if his hotel is near Bayside, he should be ok. The area further away from the bay can be problematic. The arena where the Heat play is right across from Bayside. It really isn't near Little Havana, but Miami-Dade County is majority Hispanic, so that doesn't matter. Only the gangs are criminals- the vast majority of the Hispanic residents are good, decent people.

The downtown of every big city is dangerous, more so when hooligans get swept up in sports matches. Local law enforcement knows that and will be increased to try to handle potential problems. But obviously caution is needed.
I don't like mass transit at night- especially to a championship game. If it was my son, I'd advise a cab.
GG

[penelopesire]

Thanks GG! His hotel is near the convention center and the river, so I did advise a cab a bit ago since the game starts at 8:00 and will be over pretty late.