The Cleveland Browns and their owner Jimmy Haslam are candid about the football team’s future home.
No, the Browns are not leaving Cleveland again. Well, I guess they technically could, but they are not leaving the Cleveland area. Speaking to the media at the NFL owners’ meetings today, Haslam confirmed what we already knew based on the purchase of 176 acres in a Cleveland suburb:
Building a dome is firmly on the table for the Browns.
But that is not the only stadium renovation pathway on the table for the Haslams and their team. The Browns have also pitched a $1 billion renovation idea to the city as well. However, if the city of Cleveland is unwilling to assist in the project, where the Browns are currently requesting a 50/50 split in costs, then that’s when Haslam is most likely taking his talents to the suburbs.
If the Browns were to renovate the current stadium, it would remain an open-air facility.
Brook Park is about 15 miles from the downtown location of Cleveland Browns Stadium right now, and the plot of land is right next door to the Cleveland Hopkins airport.
Will the Browns stay downtown and renovate or will they build a dome in the suburbs?
