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werdna

(929 posts) Thu Oct 17, 2024, 03:25 PM Oct 17

Cleveland Browns leaving Cleveland for Brook Park

CLEVELAND, Ohio – The Cleveland Browns intend to leave the city of Cleveland for a new stadium in Brook Park, according to Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb.
Bibb made the bombshell announcement during a Thursday afternoon news conference at City Hall. It comes after more than a year of negotiations during which Bibb and Browns owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam failed to agree upon a deal to renovate the Browns’ current home at the city-owned lakefront stadium in downtown Cleveland.
https://www.cleveland.com/news/2024/10/cleveland-browns-leaving-cleveland-for-brook-park-mayor-announces.html

Looks like they've been clearing a space between the airport and I71, don't know if there are plans for that space yet.

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Cleveland Browns leaving Cleveland for Brook Park (Original Post) werdna Oct 17 OP

Sad. Been there for Brown's games and concerts. Beautiful, right on Lake Erie Deuxcents Oct 17 #1

Maybe they'll expand True Dough Oct 17 #2

Another reason why Democrats should win everything. LW1977 Oct 17 #3

The Haslans are billionaires! PittBlue Oct 17 #5

Brook Park is the next small town to bamboozled by a billionaire NFL owner Auggie Oct 17 #4

I lived in Brook Park as a kid mn9driver Oct 17 #6

Deuxcents

(19,694 posts)

1. Sad. Been there for Brown's games and concerts. Beautiful, right on Lake Erie

Reply to werdna (Original post)

Thu Oct 17, 2024, 03:30 PM

Oct 17

True Dough

(20,244 posts)

2. Maybe they'll expand

Reply to werdna (Original post)

Thu Oct 17, 2024, 03:31 PM

Oct 17

the Dawg Pound?

LW1977

(1,395 posts)

3. Another reason why Democrats should win everything.

Reply to werdna (Original post)

Thu Oct 17, 2024, 03:32 PM

Oct 17

It’s time stadiums can’t be obsolete after only a couple of decades! Time for billionaire owners to be taxed like hell and should not be allowed to fleece taxpayers for a new palaces via blackmail.

PittBlue

(4,378 posts)

5. The Haslans are billionaires!

Reply to LW1977 (Reply #3)

Thu Oct 17, 2024, 03:36 PM

Oct 17

I do not want to play for their stadium! They are horrible people and trumpers.

Auggie

(31,798 posts)

4. Brook Park is the next small town to bamboozled by a billionaire NFL owner

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Thu Oct 17, 2024, 03:34 PM

Oct 17

Suckers

mn9driver

(4,575 posts)

6. I lived in Brook Park as a kid

Reply to werdna (Original post)

Thu Oct 17, 2024, 03:57 PM

Oct 17

Off of West 130th st. It’s certainly part of the metropolitan Cleveland area, but the current location is just fine, and only 25 years old.

The NFL has extorted Cleveland multiple times for hundreds of millions of dollars over the Browns, and it’s not enough. It’s never enough. I’m tired of watching team owners hold their franchise cities hostage every few years for larger profits.

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