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Overview

Rockridge is a neighborhood of Vice City, Vice-Dale County, in the state of Leonida. The neighborhood appeared prominently in the September 2022 GTA VI leaks across multiple clips, making it one of the most extensively documented locations from the leaked footage. Signage on the Rockridge Community Resource Center confirmed the neighborhood's name.

Rockridge features a mix of civic infrastructure, commercial properties, a major sports stadium, and residential apartment complexes. Minimap data extracted from the leaked footage indicates that an unnamed river flows along the neighborhood's boundary, contributing to its riverside character.

Geography

Rockridge is an inland neighborhood of Vice City positioned along an unnamed river that flows through the city. The river border gives the district its name and defines much of its character. Based on minimap analysis from the September 2022 leak footage, the neighborhood sits in the western or central-western portion of Vice City, away from the beachfront areas.

The district appears to be a mixed-use area combining residential apartments with commercial strips and major civic and entertainment venues. Its geography reflects the pattern of Miami's western neighborhoods, where elevated terrain near the river provided favorable conditions for early development.

Points of Interest

Appearances

Rockridge was extensively documented in the September 2022 leak. Multiple clips showed different areas of the neighborhood, including the Community Resource Center, Cipher Mall, Fleeca Field, and various apartment buildings. The minimap visible in the leaked footage provided mapping data that helped the community identify the neighborhood's river border and approximate location within Vice City.

As of the second official trailer (May 2025), Rockridge has not been prominently featured in official marketing materials. However, the locations documented in the leak are considered authentic, as Rockstar Games confirmed the leaked footage was genuine through their September 2022 public statement and subsequent legal action against the leaker.

Real-World Inspiration

Rockridge is based on the Riverside neighborhood of Miami, Florida. Riverside is a residential neighborhood in the western part of the city, situated along the north bank of the Miami River. The connection is supported by several parallels:

• The name "Rockridge" references the marketing language of the Tatum brothers, early developers of the Riverside area, who advertised it as "The Beautiful Ridge" due to its elevated, verdant terrain near the river.

• Fleeca Field is modeled after LoanDepot Park, a real stadium in the Riverside neighborhood that serves as the home of the Miami Marlins baseball team.

• The Venture Apartments are based on the Haley Sofge Towers, a real apartment complex in the same Miami neighborhood.

• The Rockridge Community Resource Center is modeled after the Miami Police Department South Station on West Flagler Street, located in the adjacent Little Havana neighborhood.

• Both the fictional and real neighborhoods sit along a river that defines their geographic character.

Trivia

• Rockridge is one of the most extensively documented neighborhoods from the September 2022 leak, appearing across multiple separate clips in the leaked footage.

• The Cipher Mall's early development state as a mirrored Vespucci Mall from GTA V demonstrates how Rockstar uses placeholder assets from previous games during early development before creating final unique buildings.

• The presence of three national flags (United States, Canada, Mexico) outside the Community Resource Center is unusual for a local government building and may reflect the game's satirical take on bureaucracy.

• The Vice City Mambas, who play at Fleeca Field, add to the game's roster of fictional sports and recreation teams across the GTA universe.