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Dunkin Donuts Center
| 2 Minutes
One LaSalle Square, Providence, RI 02903
Located in the heart of Providence, The Dunkin’ Donuts Center is New England’s premier events arena. Home to the AHL Providence Bruins and the Big East Providence College Friars, it is host to various sporting events, major concerts, family shows, and trade shows. With 31,000 square feet, the floor can be set up to accommodate center stage shows, table seating, ice, dirt, basketball, and event trade show booths.
Providence Place Mall
| 4 Minutes
One Providence Place, Providence, RI 02903
Providence Place is the ideal venue for tour de force shopping excursions, family outings and intimate rendezvous. With more than 170 stores, eight restaurants, and entertainment venues, you’ll find something for every age, taste and style.
This shopping, dining and entertainment destination is the centerpiece of a downtown Providence renaissance. The impressive line-up of retailers includes Nordstrom, Tiffany & Co., Coach, The Apple Store, The Cheesecake Factory, Sephora, J. Jill, Ross-Simons, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Dave & Buster’s and National Amusements IMAX Theatre. With its stunning architecture, a downtown location, a lively streetscape and carpeted floors, Providence Place provides a one-of-a-kind shopping experience.
Roger Williams Park Zoo
| 4 Miles
1000 Elmwood Avenue, Providence, RI 02907
The Roger Williams Park Zoo of Providence, Rhode Island, USA houses over 1000 animals of more than 130 species in naturalistic settings. The park and zoo are named after the founder of Providence, Roger Williams, the 17th-century proponent of religious tolerance.
The zoo was founded in 1872, and is considered to be the third-oldest zoo in the nation. It is owned and operated by the City of Providence and is supported by the Rhode Island Zoological Society (RIZS).
