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Cleveland Stadium, where the Browns played until 1995.. In 1975, knowing that Municipal Stadium was costing the city more than $300,000 a year to operate, then-Browns owner Art Modell signed a 25-year lease in which he agreed to incur these expenses in exchange for quasi-ownership of the stadium, a portion of his annual profits, and capital improvements to the stadium at his expense. [7]
Cleveland Browns owner Art Modell decided to move the Browns to Baltimore, 12 years after the Colts moved away from the city. After backlash from the fans, [ 6 ] the team and the NFL decided on a special compromise: Modell could relocate the Browns to Baltimore, but would play as an "expansion team", and the Browns would go into a state of ...
This list may not reflect recent changes. NFL franchise moves and mergers; B. Baltimore Colts relocation to Indianapolis; C. Cleveland Browns relocation controversy; H.
The 1996 NFL season was the 77th regular season of the National Football League (NFL) and the season was marked by notable controversies from beginning to end. Most significantly, the Cleveland Browns relocation controversy resulted in a then-unique legal settlement where the Cleveland Browns franchise, history, records, and intellectual property remained in Cleveland (with the Browns ...
Canton Bulldogs–Massillon Tigers betting scandal; Chicago Honey Bears; Chronic traumatic encephalopathy; Cleveland Browns relocation controversy; NFL concussion committee; NFL concussion lawsuit; Concussions in American football
The team said it is moving forward on buying a 176-acre site in Brook Park that will be the site of a new stadium and development. "While work remains with our public p
Tuesday, a city legal representative, Cleveland Law Director Mark Griffin, announced he will be "moving forward" toward invoking Ohio Revised Code 9.67, the so-called “Art Modell Law.” Irony ...
In 1996, the owners of the Baltimore Stallions folded the team upon the announcement that the Cleveland Browns would be moving to Baltimore (but see Cleveland Browns relocation controversy). Despite high attendance and success on the field, management felt that they would be unable to directly compete with an NFL team in the same city.