Cleveland Browns Franchise Owners Fail To Get Support For A Brook Park Stadium [Video]

Two Cuyahoga County politicians are not supporting the project.

Jimmy and Dee Haslam, who are the owners of the National Football League’s Cleveland Browns franchise, have a small problem on their hands. They want something done with their business’s stadium either a renovation of the present one in Cleveland or build a new one in Brook Park, Ohio which is about 14 miles southwest of the city. While the Haslams have dithered, two Cuyahoga  County  politicians have thrown cold water on the Brook Park plan. County Executive Chris Ronayne and Council President Pernel Jones Jr. have stated they will not support the project and will continue their efforts to renovate the existing Cleveland lakefront stadium. The two politicians said the Brook Park project does not make fiscal sense for local residents and taxpayers.

That is a blow to the Haslams who really cannot count on Brook Park taxpayers as the town has less than 19,000 residents to put up …