Pawtucket soccer team considers new venues amidst stadium uncertainty.

Rhode Island FC president Brett Luy has reassured fans that the USL soccer team will start playing games next year, even if the first ball drops somewhere other than the troubled Tidewater Landing project in Pawtucket. The stadium project has been clouded by political controversy, with public officials hitting the pause button on issuing $27 million in bonds to help pay for the stadium. The team and public officials point to rising inflation and interest rates as the reason why the public-private deal hasn’t been finalized yet.