JULY 1: Ohio’s budget has been finalized, and the Browns are officially set to proceed with construction on the new stadium. A statement from Jimmy and Dee Haslam confirms the project will move forward with the land deal now in place.
JUNE 28: Efforts on the part of the Browns to construct a new, domed stadium have seen a notable development. An agreement has been reached for the purchase of land 12 miles outside of downtown Cleveland. 
Primacy Development – a company located at the Browns’ headquarters with ties to the Haslam Sports Group – has closed on the purchase of a 176-acre plot in Brook Park, Daryl Ruiter of 92.3 The Fan reports. Cuyahoga County records indicate the price will check in at more than $76MM. This news comes after the Browns exercised their purchase option on the land in December.
To pave the way for the agreement to be finalized, the Modell Law (which prevented the Browns from leaving Cleveland) has been amended. Ohio governor Mike DeWine is now in position to sign the necessary provisions into law next week while finalizing the state’s budget. That includes $600MM in state funding for the construction of the team’s new stadium, which is currently expected to cost a total of $2.4 billion.
The Browns’ new home will be a domed (rather than outdoor) stadium, making it the first of its kind in the AFC North (and marking a departure from the Ravens, Steelers and Bengals). Once construction is complete, the AFC East will be the league’s only division consisting entirely of teams – the Bills, Dolphins, Patriots and Jets – which play outdoors when at home.
The targeted start time for construction of Cleveland’s new stadium is early next year, with the Browns planning to move there in time for the 2029 campaign. Provided the land purchase agreement is indeed finalized in the coming days, the process will take an important step forward.
Dome of despair
Blunderdome.
Love it haha
The Dawg Dome
Football should be played outdoors.
Over under 30 years untill every team (except the packers) have a dome.
I personally think it sucks for the viewer, is there anything better than looking at a live game when it’s either snowing or absolutely freezing and watching a game?
Roger Goodell has a plan to have all NFL teams playing in outer space in 30 years. The 2055 season kicks off with the Klingons hosting the Romulans.
Amen.
Only two of the last 18 Super Bowl champions play in a dome. That’s another of a million reasons the Lions, Vikings and Bears will never be SB Champs.
And as a wonderful reminder, the Lions are STILL the only NFC to never be in the Super Bowl…
The only teams that should have domes are like the Raiders or Cardinals who play in extreme desert climates, and even then, the roofs should be mandatory to be open when the weather isn’t in the 110s and 120s.
Dome stadium. Another reason not to watch the Browns
If that is the deal breaker for you then I’m guessing you wouldn’t watch them anyway.
The Dog Kennel?
Domed Stadium for a Doomed Team.
It’s the Browns, so they probably purchases 176 acres of radioactive land without realizing what they had done 🙂
No, the Jets and Giants call that toxic wasteland home…
Domed stadium? Cleveland? Is Dumbshawn cold? Is that why he plays like my grandsons Pee-wee league QB? The Bengals can’t get money from the state to help fix Pay-Cor, but the Browns get a new domed stadium? The “Mistake on the Lake” strikes again. Maybe with a new stadium they can convince a professional team to come and play there.
Amending the Modell Law? I hope nobody goes to this domed toilet bowl
Hahahaha, like that’ll help… Just sell the team and get an owner in there that will change the culture top to bottom.
The Factory of Sadness, relocated to the site of a former Ford assembly plant.
As a Browns fan I’m fine with a dome if they have a grass playing surface. Players hate artificial turf…..build it like Vegas where the playing surface goes outside then inside come game day….
Outside? Yeah because grass in Cleveland in December and January grows like crazy and stays green
Why does the NFL allow the Browns to exist?
Because everybody needs a homecoming opponent.
So Cleveland is left with a useless stadium on a piece of land no developer would want.
Funny how the state amended a good law to give Haslam a windfall and kick the City in the &^%.
A piece of land nobody will want? Because nobody wants to buy luxury condominiums right on Lake Erie. This is actually prime land for numerous ventures
Will never get over the fact that Pittsburgh built its’ local prison on one of its’ prime pieces of real estate.
The inmates have river view “apartments” in the Golden Triangle (main downtown area).
The Penguins, Steelers and Pirates all play within walking distance (if they were allowed to leave).
Savvy city planning there.
Sweet, can he throw?
More billionaire welfare. They don’t even have any shame about shaking the people down for whatever they want.
Like ordinary people, who could boycott businesses printing money but wont, all fans have to do is not show up to a new stadium they are funding again. Will they? Nope …
Plenty of people who live there don’t even care about sports, so what do they do? Just sit back and take it like our politicians always make them do.
$600M in public funding. Where were the Browns going to go if the City/State said “build it yourself”?
The dome has less to do with the Browns than it does being able to bid on an NCAA Final Four, concerts and other events. Indianapolis even installed a swimming pool to host Olympic qualifiers.