(Editor’s note: This is the sixth installment in a weekly series spotlighting Rhode Island FC and Centreville Bank Stadium from a business perspective throughout the 2025 United Soccer League Championship season. To read past stories in this series, click here.) PAWTUCKET – Even though area soccer fans have begun flocking to Centreville Bank Stadium since
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LANDSCAPING WORK along Centreville Bank Stadium's switchback walkway near the venue's north end was recently completed. / PBN PHOTO / JAMES BESSETTE[/caption]
Landscaping around the stadium’s perimeter, including along the switchback walkway on the venue’s north end was also recently completed, Byrne said. Also on the northeast end of Centreville Bank Stadium is unfinished “shell space,” where Byrne said was deliberately set up that way to attract any future development or business.
Byrne said the shell space was used as a VIP area during Rhode Island FC’s home opener on May 3. However, any other possible use for that space that is adjacent to the riverwalk remains to be seen.
“We may use it as other things as we go through the season,” Byrne said. “Hopefully we can have a business that comes in. Maybe someone brings a restaurant in or we can make a club out of that.”
Byrne said the finish work on the stadium should be completed by July. Along with installing signage, Byrne said the last work includes some understructure needing to be installed, replacing doors that got damaged during construction and additional paintwork.
Then the next major piece to the overall Tidewater Landing development will be the mixed-use buildings around the stadium and pedestrian bridge. Fortuitous Partners Managing Partner and Director of Development Dan Krober previously told PBN those elements will be constructed through a “