{"id":115667,"date":"2024-10-18T19:28:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-18T12:28:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=115667"},"modified":"2024-10-18T19:28:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T12:28:46","slug":"cleveland-browns-leaving-cleveland-for-brook-park-mayor-announces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=115667","title":{"rendered":"Cleveland Browns leaving Cleveland for Brook Park, mayor announces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"JR6NJSYGNJDQVASILTH2VCTTEI\">CLEVELAND, Ohio \u2013 The Cleveland <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/browns-rumors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/browns-rumors\/\">Browns intend to leave the city of Cleveland<\/a> for a new stadium in Brook Park, according to Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FQG7NYTU45BZNCDJAORCYP2P3E\">Bibb made the bombshell announcement during a Thursday afternoon news conference at City Hall.<b> <\/b>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\u2019 current home at the city-owned lakefront stadium in downtown Cleveland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ELDZGQNKPFBUXHE3WOKLHIECPQ\">If the Browns leave Cleveland, it will mark the second time in three decades that Cleveland\u2019s home team has fled the city\u2019s borders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"OJNP5URUUNHETA7JM2TFHED3BM\">The Haslams\u2019 decision to leave Cleveland is a \u201cfrustrating and profoundly disheartening\u201d move that will weaken downtown Cleveland and hurt the region by creating a new suburban entertainment district that would compete with existing amenities downtown, Bibb said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"3DWMIULEEBGZPO2BMSL4SHTWGY\">The mayor described his negotiating philosophy as one that prioritized the city\u2019s needs over the desires of the team owners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"KLZIQZMAHNCQBDU5M7IG4W32AY\">\u201cYes, the Browns and our visitors matter,\u201d he said. \u201cBut the well-being of the people who live here will always come first. This was our most important priority, and it is the one we must never compromise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"J5WBI2HEX5AFXAYEYNO5XIE3M4\">The Haslams, in a lengthy statement late Thursday afternoon, didn\u2019t outright say they intend to move to Brook Park, though they did speak glowingly of a domed stadium and how it would be an economic boon to the region.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"JGIXIWOLFNFJFBH3YZ3VPFQTB4\">Decades of research shows that public subsidies for new sports stadiums don\u2019t deliver such benefits, even though sports teams and public officials routinely claim otherwise. What new stadium projects do achieve, according to the research, is shifting economic benefits from one area of a region to another.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FTTNDGYKA5DH5CTEMTO3YQ75GM\">In their Thursday statement, the Haslams offered a vague description, but no specifics, of how they might finance their plans for a $2.4 billion domed stadium in Brook Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"GX54NMY64FGGZI76DFBLXBUZ74\">\u201cWith the funding mechanisms we continue to work on, this stadium will not use existing taxpayer-funded streams that would divert resources from other more pressing needs. Instead, the over $2 billion private investment, together with the public investment, will create a major economic development project that will drive the activity necessary to pay the public bond debt service through future project-generated and Browns-generated revenue,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"DUS4QQVQQBFVNH5Y72IE5L4SYY\">Brook Park Mayor Edward Orcutt shared no financing details when contacted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cleveland.com<\/a>\/The Plain Dealer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"IMJ3BHPX6VGIBFIFNDLLSGLGJY\">Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne and Council President Pernel Jones Jr. already publicly shut down the possibility of providing county funding during an August news conference, saying that county subsidies for a Brook Park stadium do not make fiscal sense for residents or taxpayers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5NMYAFZFGRAY5JLOZCOGHZHVXE\">Ronayne, in an emailed statement Thursday, said he\u2019s already made his position clear: \u201cBrowns stadium should remain downtown,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"UVEACC6Z4BGD3JGRS2WXPTO2TI\">If the Haslams find that their Brook Park plans aren\u2019t viable, Bibb said he is willing to return to the negotiating table to keep the Browns in Cleveland, but only if the city\u2019s contribution is a \u201cresponsible\u201d one for residents and taxpayers. If the Browns do end up leaving Cleveland for Brook Park, Cleveland is already working on alternative plans for the lakefront that do not include the Browns, he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ATZ2BQA7OZARHBKC75XMRS7U2U\"><b>How the negotiations soured<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CXICI5T4AVAIJJLSZFQWTLJYPU\">Until now, the Haslams have said they were eyeing two options for the future home of the Browns, once the current lease expires at the end of the 2028 season. Their first option was a $1 billion makeover of the existing stadium, and the second was a new domed stadium in Brook Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"KDJOBPVQCNHV5EL7G4LK5EGEUU\">The Haslams have yet to buy the 176-acre plot that\u2019s under consideration there. They have indicated a stadium in Brook Park would be part of a much larger, yet-to-be-built, entertainment district.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"H4CM67GVEJEORE2HAW6X7OTU7Y\">Bibb offered $367 million in Cleveland taxpayer money to renovate the lakefront stadium, plus $93 million for future maintenance. He went public with this offer on Aug. 1.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"4DWIGSGWOND5FHRVA2MOWSOYJY\">When it became clear during negotiations that the Haslams preferred a new domed stadium over an open-air lakefront stadium renovation, Bibb said he attempted to pivot by offering them part of the land on which Burke Lakefront Airport sits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"UWI4PR2JBJFO3KDPYYNFXYO7II\">That late-in-the-game pivot, Bibb said, cost time that could\u2019ve been used to hash out a viable option in Cleveland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"BC5MLSWEEFASLELILXFEAAPX54\">In describing how the negotiations opened in 2022, Bibb painted a picture of a City Hall that was willing to take the Haslams\u2019 demands seriously.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"KK7KLCYHMZFSLJXI45UJ4IBKSI\">The Haslams wanted a 50-50 split between private financing and public financing, so Cleveland \u201cgot close\u201d to providing that, Bibb said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ETRQ2E7JOZGWHHSSFEZQVJU3WU\">They wanted a lively, developed lakefront around the stadium, and better ingress and egress for fans. So, Cleveland sought and secured federal and state money for that plan, and \u201caccelerated\u201d its lakefront redevelopment efforts, including plans for a pedestrian land bridge over the Shoreway, he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"6OMOK5BNP5ALJMTBZZ4IO52OYI\">\u201cEvery milestone they\u2019ve asked for, we did,\u201d Bibb said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"INLFH6MWQ5F3DHVO3XOGIWMQ7M\">Over the last four to six weeks, Bibb said he even explored what it would take to close Burke and provide a portion of that land for a new football venue and surrounding development, but the Haslams were \u201cnot interested in pursuing this option.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"CLZK4E5CNFF4BOD7TKOBPAQNYQ\">That timing correlates with the city\u2019s recent release of a study suggesting that closing Burke would be possible and \u201ceconomically advantageous,\u201d though Bibb did not, at that time, mention the stadium as a possible use for the site.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"6NHOGVU7BJEWPCXVCDEIQNJH2U\">In both offers \u2013 at the current site and at Burke &#8212; Bibb said he tried to balance the Haslams\u2019 needs against those of the broader community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"7D4M5LK5HREDNNB6LHY6TFQAAU\">\u201cThe Haslam Sports Group may want a roof over their heads, but it is my responsibility as the mayor of this great city to ensure Cleveland residents have a roof over theirs,\u201d Bibb said, adding, \u201cWe must be practical about our many needs and resources.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"5VG6MOEPI5A3FKZ576KHPQYRRU\">Bibb said his offers would\u2019ve provided a world-class facility, improved the fan experience and allowed the team to remain \u201chighly profitable.\u201d On the Burke offer, he said it would\u2019ve rivaled \u2013 and might have been \u201carguably better\u201d than &#8212; the Brook Park development plans. Bibb did not say, however, who would have supplied the rest of the money needed to build the expensive domed facility there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"WO5BCUX375BIBNYFZWHQA6BPL4\">The Haslams, in their statement, said the economics wouldn\u2019t have worked at Burke, given what they described as \u201csignificant design, construction, geotechnical and environmental challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"PU4G3ZYPMBGSVJOADIZAJRB47I\">It would be \u201ccost prohibitive and not feasible, especially with no certainty regarding potential timing of closure of the airport,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"BW25UBMSIRC7BG2577B4EJRIGY\"><b>What now, for the city and the Browns?<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FKCALJSWWZFLZARQXL2UUW6JGE\">Next steps remain uncertain.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"E6VIA4WAEVCFLOA4KNP7AKVOKA\">Bibb punted two outstanding questions about the viability of the Brook Park move to City Council: enforcement of the state\u2019s \u201cArt Modell law\u201d and enforcement of an agreement that would bind the \u201cCleveland Browns\u201d name to whatever professional football team is physically based in Cleveland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"BO3NOALKFFHY3N67THB2RIHMOY\">Those two points will be a \u201cquestion for City Council to take on,\u201d Bibb said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"MOZLDKGKFRFYDDUCV3OPSHIDNY\">On the state\u2019s Art Modell law, which was passed after its namesake, former team owner Art Modell moved to Baltimore in 1996, the courts have yet to definitely determine its constitutionality. It requires sports teams to give their respective cities six months\u2019 notice before leaving town and to give the home city or area residents a chance to buy the team first.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"E5T2A6VA3VAFJAN7AX762WZ2LQ\">City Council quickly put the ball back in Bibb\u2019s court on the Art Modell law. In a social media post later on Thursday, council said it expects the mayor to enforce the law on Cleveland\u2019s behalf.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"QZFTAQ7XVZCWVJOZDRABGDDKVU\">Separately, Bibb used Thursday\u2019s news conference to send a message to state leaders, including Gov. Mike DeWine, about their potential funding support for a Brook Park stadium.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"YA55WMGTKBF2PH5YL2IUAAJULY\">Bibb discouraged DeWine from enabling the Brook Park plan, saying that \u201callocating scarce public resources toward a [Brook Park] move that harms downtown and weakens Cuyahoga County is bad public policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"YNH43W5M5BBCXBOKBG4PRTHIWQ\">If the state does offer hundreds of millions for the Brook Park plan, Bibb said he hopes they would contribute the same to a new or renovated stadium in Cleveland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"MUMMNUCDF5HJNF2TIRQ7JM5KEI\">Cleveland.com reached out on Thursday afternoon to a spokesman for DeWine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"VW4GPR7YAFHQFD5V4UNORQOTCA\">Several state lawmakers have told cleveland.com in recent days that they hadn\u2019t heard anything about an announcement that the Browns were moving to Brook Park.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"2J2J5D3OUFHQXEEGN3ZN4GKT5A\">\u201cNobody has reached out,\u201d said state Rep. Tom Patton, a Strongsville Republican whose district includes Brook Park, in a text message Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"TEHRXM2CMNHPZMMGD3KISHLFTU\">During <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/news\/2024\/04\/cleveland-browns-want-taxpayers-to-cover-half-the-cost-to-build-a-24b-brook-park-dome-or-1b-renovation.html\">initial meetings with state lawmakers last spring<\/a>, Browns representatives indicated the team is looking for the state to provide support via next year\u2019s budget process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"X4OS2JRNOBBOFGZYZINCUOH7GQ\">When <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cleveland.com<\/a> spoke to Orcutt, the Brook Park mayor, he said he was \u201cincredibly excited\u201d about the news, which he said the team conveyed to him on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"VOK7VFZJDJA2PADHVM36FKKYBM\">Orcutt refused to discuss a potential financing plan, including any subsidies to be provided by the city of Brook Park. He said the city and team owners are working on a traffic study to determine possible changes needed to adjacent roads, and he acknowledged the city would have to beef up municipal services, including more police, to make the domed stadium a reality.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"ZBV67YXDCBFIXLTNEPBBVK5MIM\">Orcutt said he has yet to nail down the city\u2019s increased costs for a new stadium and other related needs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"36ZEN75VRZEH3FXT4GFLYTRCTM\">Said Orcutt: \u201cWe\u2019re building a dome. We\u2019re going to have more events here. We\u2019re going to make sure those events generate enough cash for the city of Brook Park to [allow the Browns to] come here. If it cannot produce and guarantee enough cash for Brook Park, then I will be working with our commissioners and council to be able to present the facts that this probably won\u2019t work here.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"related-articles-container\" id=\"recommended-articles\">\n<p class=\"related-articles-affiliate\">RECOMMENDED<span class=\"affiliate-spacer dot__cleveland\">\u2022<\/span><span class=\"affiliate-site\">cleveland<!-- -->.com<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"D4FULBBCQJECHNHZJG6EQVG2OA\">Despite their decision to relocate the team to a new stadium outside of Cleveland, the Haslams still insist that their commitment to the city of Cleveland remains unwavering.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"MIBUGELFUJH6TPWDLGE3T5Y2KU\">\u201cCleveland and Northeast Ohio are the fabric of the Browns and that will always be the case,\u201d they wrote. \u201cOur community commitment to Cleveland and efforts to improve the lives of its residents will not change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FABD4QR3PRH4NJSKVPEPHUIRWE\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Cleveland.com<\/i><\/a><i> reporter Jeremy Pelzer contributed to this story.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/news\/2024\/10\/cleveland-browns-leaving-cleveland-for-brook-park-mayor-announces.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CLEVELAND, Ohio \u2013 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 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=115667\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115667","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=115667"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115667\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=115667"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=115667"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=115667"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}