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Fortuitous Partners celebrates topping off of Tidewater Landing stadium

PAWTUCKET – Rhode Island’s only professional soccer team and the company that’s building its new home recently celebrated a milestone in the construction process...
RHODE ISLAND FC named David Peart its club president on Friday. Most recently, Peart spent the past decade as general manager of AT&T Sports Network/Space City Sports Network, the regional sports network for the Houston Astros and Houston Rockets. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FC

Rhode Island FC names replacement for team president

PAWTUCKET – Rhode Island FC has hired its second president in its first season.  David Peart, an executive with more than 30 years of sports...
A PLACE TO STAY: Among many projects, Pawtucket Director of Planning and Redevelopment and Pawtucket Redevelopment Agency Executive Director Bianca Policastro helped bring a year-round homeless shelter to the city. 
PBN PHOTO/PAMELA BHATIA

Pawtucket’s Policastro has helped build a city on strong relationships

2024 Business Women Awards INDUSTRY LEADER | GOVERNMENT: Bianca Policastro City of Pawtucket director of planning and redevelopment; Pawtucket Redevelopment Agency executive director PAWTUCKET is an...
BRETT LUY is no longer Rhode Island FC's team president. He has accepted a role as a special advisor to Fortuitous Partners. / COURTESY RHODE ISLAND FC

Luy out as Rhode Island FC president, now special adviser to...

PAWTUCKET – In a surprise move, Brett Luy has shifted his daily work from overseeing Rhode Island FC to being a special adviser to...
EIGHT LAW FIRMS earned a combined $3.5 million for their work on securing $54 million in tax-exempt bonds to help finance Rhode Island FC’s future 10,000-plus-seat home stadium, Tidewater Landing, WPRI-TV CBS 12 reports. / COURTESY FORTUITOUS PARTNERS

Lawyers paid $3.5M for Tidewater Landing bond work

PROVIDENCE – The lawyers who worked on the Pawtucket soccer stadium deal scored a nice payday. Eight law firms earned a combined $3.5 million for...
VENUE VIEW: A rendering of what the Tide­water Stadium in Pawtucket is supposed to look like when completed in 2025. At the top of the image is a mixed-use building that has been proposed for Phase 1B, as well as a pedestrian bridge across the Seekonk River to structures that would be part of Phase 2.
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Betting on Rhode Island FC. Will it pay off?

A lot is resting on the shoulders of Khano Smith. Smith is the first coach and general manager of Rhode Island FC, responsible for laying...
MOMENTUM PLAY: Rhode Island FC head coach Khano Smith, left, oversees a preseason training session in January. The team is looking to build fan support in its inaugural season ahead of a new Pawtucket stadium opening next year.
PBN FILE PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

Full buildout of Tidewater is needed to justify cost

It’s hard enough competing as a newcomer in an established league, as the state’s first professional soccer team, Rhode Island FC, will do beginning...
ALL FINANCING ASPECTS for the Tidewater Landing stadium in Pawtucket have closed. / COURTESY FORTUITOUS PARTNERS

Did Pawtucket and the state make the right bet in backing...

Tidewater Landing soccer stadium developer Fortuitous Partners on Feb. 8 announced that all financing on the United Soccer League team’s future 10,000-plus-seat Pawtucket stadium...
ALL FINANCING ASPECTS for the Tidewater Landing stadium in Pawtucket have closed. / COURTESY FORTUITOUS PARTNERS

Tidewater stadium financing officially closed, but city bonding more expensive

PAWTUCKET – With about a month to go before Rhode Island FC’s inaugural home opener, all financing on the United Soccer League team’s future...

Centreville named exclusive banking partner of Rhode Island FC

WEST WARWICK – Centreville Bank has teamed up with Rhode Island FC and will be featured as a multiyear Anchor Partner of the new...
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