The Haslam’s want a stadium deal.
Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb wants to know by August 12thwhat the owners of the National Football League’s Cleveland Browns franchise, Jimmy and Dee Haslam, plan to do with the business. Will the Haslams stay in Cleveland or move to a suburban location and build a stadium-village? Bibb is willing to put up $461 million as partial funding to renovate Haslam’s present home facility. Ohio lawmakers have a general idea of how much public money it will take to make Dee and Jimmy Haslam’s dream come true for their stadium needs. It will cost at least $600 million to renovate the present Cleveland stadium next to Lake Erie or about $1.2 billion to build a domed stadium along with a village surrounding the venue in Brook Park, Ohio. The Haslam’s present 25-year-old stadium was built after then Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell took his version of the Cleveland Browns NFL …