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The Rhode Island Convention Center is an exposition center in downtown Providence, RI. Opened in 1993, [ 1 ] it is the largest convention center in Rhode Island, with about 130,000 square feet (12,000 m 2 ) of exhibition space, including a 100,000-square-foot (9,300 m 2 ) exhibit hall.
Augusta University's men's basketball team, which competed as Augusta State University from 1996 to 2012, amassed a winning streak of 48 consecutive games played at Christenberry Fieldhouse that began on December 15, 2008, with an 80–68 defeat of conference foe Georgia College & State University.
Ryan Center Interior. For the 2013–2014 season Rhode Island introduced a brand new basketball court named after the local jewelry company Alex and Ani. As of January 16, 2019, the court has been renamed after the Rhode Island bank, BankRI. In 2014 the Ryan Center upgraded to a larger HD scoreboard as well as LED panels around the upper deck.
As of March 2024, Rhode Island has two professional sports teams, the Providence Bruins, minor league affiliate of the Boston Bruins, as well as Rhode Island FC, who compete in the USL Championship, the second tier of American soccer.
The Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) code, which is used by the United States government to uniquely identify states and counties, is provided with each entry. [5] Rhode Island's code is 44, which when combined with any county code would be written as 44XXX. The FIPS code for each county links to census data for that county.
The state had legalized sports betting the year before, when the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a federal law forbidding most sports gambling in the country. [ 34 ] Bally Interactive introduced the first and only online casino experience, iGaming, that can be played anywhere in the State of Rhode Island on a desktop or as a stand-alone mobile ...