Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb has sent a letter to the Cleveland Browns, telling them the city intends to enforce the Modell Law, which gives the city or local residents the opportunity to purchase the team before it can leave to play in another location.

Whatever happens on the field, the end of the Browns' lease at their current lakefront home looms, making 2025 a decisive year for the Browns off the field. As the owners of one Cleveland team look outward, Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert is putting shovels in the ground downtown.

The owners of The Cleveland Browns say they want a domed stadium in Brook Park and that they’re starting to prepare for a move, but Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne thinks the team can still be lured back to the lakefront – potentially through greater public subsidies or the promise of a new stadium later.

The Cleveland Browns’ push to move out of the city and play in a proposed domed stadium has encountered a new road block.

Ohio lawmakers are looking at including some sort of financial help for a Cleveland Browns stadium this year, such as via the state’s new two-year budget plan.

Bibb closes the letter by telling the Browns that if they do not respond to the letter by January 9, 2025, or "do not intend to comply with R.C. § 9.67 or the terms of the Browns’ contractual obligations," the city "will take appropriate legal action."

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb has sent a letter to the Cleveland Browns, telling them the city intends to enforce the Modell Law, which gives the city or local residents the ...

The Cleveland Browns’ push to move out of the city and play in a proposed domed stadium has encountered a new road block. Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb sent a letter to owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam ...

Ohio — The Cleveland Browns' push to move out of the city and play in a proposed domed stadium has encountered a new road block. Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb sent a letter to owners Dee and Jimmy ...

Ohio — The Cleveland Browns' push to move out of the city and play in a proposed domed stadium has encountered a new road block. Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb sent a letter to owners Dee and Jimmy ...

Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb emailed a letter to Cleveland Browns owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam on Monday threatening legal action via Ohio Revised Code 9.67—more popularly known as the “Art Modell law”—unless the Browns provide “the City or others with the opportunity to purchase the team,

In the letter penned on Monday, Bibb told owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam they have until Jan. 9 to respond to his demands regarding the Modell Law or face legal action.