County officials urge Haslams to keep Browns downtown

City-owned Cleveland Browns Stadium has been the venue for the National Football
League team’s home games since 1999. And after the team’s lease expires following
the 2028 football season, city and now Cuyahoga County officials want the team to
play there for another 30 years following a $1 billion renovation (Iryna Tkachenko).
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Two Cuyahoga County leaders sent a letter today to Cleveland Browns owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam urging the football team to keep playing at the stadium on the Downtown Cleveland lakefront rather than build a new domed stadium in suburban Brook Park. County Executive Chris Ronayne and Cuyahoga County Council President Pernel Jones Jr. said the Haslams’ Brook Park plan “does not make fiscal sense.”

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