It is named for Fred Haddad, a prominent Arab-American businessman from West Virginia.

Haddad Riverfront Park is a municipal park located between the Kanawha River and Kanawha Boulevard East, in downtown Charleston, West Virginia, between Court and Capitol Streets.

[2] The park is located near several prominent downtown Charleston landmark buildings, situated approximately 525 feet (160 m) south of Charleston City Hall, approximately 620 feet (190 m) south of the Kanawha County Courthouse, directly across Kanawha Boulevard from the Four Points by Sheraton–Charleston, and is to the immediate west of the Union Building.

In October 1994, the Charleston Festival Commission blamed the construction of Haddad Waterfront Park for the Charleston Sternwheel Regatta's $60,000 deficit in 1994 and the event's $75,000 deficit in 1993.

[3] The commission explained that attractions for the regatta had to be scaled back due to the construction.