The City of Cleveland has filed a case against the Cleveland Browns ownership after proposed departure from Huntington Bank Field.

Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam looks on prior to a game against the Baltimore Ravens at Huntington Bank Field on October 27, 2024 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Nick Cammett/Getty Images) It’s budget season, so the lobbyists are out in full swing.

Cleveland officials on Tuesday sued the Cleveland Browns over the team's plans to move the downtown stadium to Brook Park.

The Browns shall not pass. The city of Cleveland filed a lawsuit Tuesday to try to prevent the NFL team’s move from their Lake Erie-front Huntington Bank Stadium to what would be a dome facility in suburban Brook Park — 15 miles south of the city in the same county, according to ESPN.

The Cleveland Browns announced that a Marriott branded hotel will be part of the team's expansion of its Berea headquarters.

The lawsuit comes just a few months after the Browns filed their own complaint challenging the constitutionality of the state law in federal court

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Cleveland has sued the Browns, alleging the team violated the Modell Law by planning to relocate to Brook Park without fulfilling legal obligations. The city claims the Browns are bypassing required negotiations and attempts to sell to local buyers,

The moves mark the latest chapter in the Browns' ongoing legal battle with the city of Cleveland over where they will play their future home games, with team owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam seeking to build a new domed stadium in Brook Park as city leaders ...

In October, the Browns sued Cleveland in federal court ... they were on the other end of things. In 2018, Jimmy Haslam and another investor purchased the Columbus Crew when the professional soccer team eyed a move to Austin, Texas.

Cleveland’s fight to keep the Browns from moving from downtown and into a proposed dome in the suburbs has taken yet another legal turn. The city has filed a lawsuit to stop the NFL team from leaving Cleveland’s lakefront when its stadium lease expires after the 2028 season.

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