State lawmakers support some stadium funding

Due to its higher cost and smaller host city, constructing a new multi-purpose
stadium in the Cleveland suburb of Brook Park may depend more so on state
funding than a rebuild of Cleveland Browns Stadium on downtown’s lakefront.
And it appears that at least some state funding is forthcoming, source said
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A new multi-purpose stadium sought by the owners of the Cleveland Browns in suburban Brook Park appears to be growing legs thanks to a willingness by state lawmakers to fund a significant portion of the stadium’s construction costs. The biggest questions at this time are how much state funding may be forthcoming and will it make a big enough dent in the public sector side of the financial equation.

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