Cleveland Browns Unveil Renderings of Potential New Indoor Suburban Stadium
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Unholy Diver
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wow $2.4 billion to be in the Cleveland suburbs, I know the cost of stadiums have gone up a lot over the years but that would put it ahead of every stadium other than Sofi
John Price
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Probably more than just the stadium.
But these dome stadiums, Ford Field only has a Kenny chesny concert and 2 ncaa football games between now and the end of the nfl season. Not exactly getting a lot of extra events.
"As part of a counter argument, Jenkins wrote the current stadium needs "substantial improvements" for sustainability. "
lol the substantial improvement would be a better team.
I doubt the Brook Park thing goes anywhere unless the owners suddenly change direction and decide to start footing significantly more of the bill. So far the city has been very unwilling to pay for a majority of the work and Brook Park is poorer and even less likely. Maybe they think they can get money from the state, but I don't think the state has been too thrilled with the idea of footing the bill, either.
I don't follow this super closely, but what I keep seeing is that people think the Brook Park thing is trying to find leverage with the city of Cleveland to get a better deal there. And the city isn't biting. Personally, I'd let them walk. I don't think they actually bring that much money into the area except for whoever owns the parking lots.
Much like the Blue Jays first ballpark, it's called the "Mistake by the Lake" for a reason.
Unholy Diver
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I thought that was the old stadium since it was like 70K seats for a terrible baseball team, or maybe the city itself.
Mr Nogatco
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Yeah that refers to the old Municipal Stadium. Built during the Depression and demolished in 1996 after the Browns left.
Troy McClure
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That nickname is for the city, sir.
MMC
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How much Entertainment area can be built up around a large venue that gets 9-10 games a season in the fall? Plus requires a lot of parking lot spaces for the fans to tailgate at? I get it for indoor 18k stadiums and maybe mlb since they play 81 games at home between April to Sept when the weather is good.
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MMC
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Are you surprised? Governments have long taken money away from schools, health care etc to pay for stadiums.
