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The first regular-season Browns game at the stadium was played the evening of September 12, 1999, a 43–0 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers. [13] Since 2011, the stadium has been referred to by some as the "Factory of Sadness", [14] a name that was first coined that year by comedian and Browns fan Mike Polk.
After three years of inactivity while Cleveland Stadium was demolished and Huntington Bank Field, then known as Cleveland Browns Stadium was built on its site, the Browns were reactivated and started play again in 1999 under new owner Al Lerner. [37] Under head coach Chris Palmer, the Browns went 2–14 in 1999 and 3–13 in 2000. [38]
The Browns played their final game at the stadium in December 1995, after which they were renamed the Baltimore Ravens. As part of an agreement between Modell, the city of Cleveland, and the NFL, the Browns were officially deactivated for three seasons and the city was required to construct a new stadium on the Cleveland Stadium site. Cleveland ...
The Browns have played at the current lakefront location in some form since the original franchise was founded in 1946. The current stadium was originally opened in 1999 when the expansion ...
The Browns' lease with the city of Cleveland for the current lakefront stadium expires at the end of the 2028 season. The cost to potentially renovate the stadium has been priced at roughly $1 ...
The Browns finished the season at 4–12. [333] During that same season, comedian and frustrated Browns fan Mike Polk made a video to complain about the team's futility, screaming "You are a factory of sadness!" while facing Cleveland Browns Stadium. "Factory of Sadness" has since become a colloquial nickname for the stadium. [334]
The Browns, be it at the current stadium or the now-demolished Cleveland Municipal Stadium with the old franchise before it relocated to Baltimore in 1995, have played at that site since 1946.
The 65,000-seat lakefront stadium had been known as Cleveland Browns Stadium after an agreement with FirstEnergy Corp. ended in 2023. FirstEnergy’s partnership with the team came under scrutiny after the utility company admitted to paying bribes to Ohio lawmakers.