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CLEVELAND BROWNS STADUIM There is no reason for the city to pay for any leasehold improvements in the stadium, unless they are amortized in the lease payments. The Mayor’s near half-billion dollar offer doesn’t explain why the subsidy is necessary, but if it were, this would not be a top ten use for public money. The Brook Park deal is fake, but if the Browns want to go to Brook Park on their own dime, almost no one is driving to the airport to watch eight home games a year. As far as the threat to moving the team out of Cleveland, Ohio law doesn’t allow it, and there is no way on Earth the NFL is going to allow it. The Haslams have no bargaining position, and the City and County should just say no. The Browns are net takers from the economy. If anything, if we want economic development based on athletics, hockey, rowing, soccer, a velodrome, etc., are way better investments, and they could all be tied into the MetroParks to benefit the entire community. Everybody should ask themselves, if they owned the stadium with private money, what deal would they make to lose money every single year? If it wouldn’t make private sense, why would it make public sense?

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Richard G. Johnson

Plaintiff's Lawyer & Sports Agent Malpractice • Legal Ethics & Professional Responsibility Issues • College Athlete Rights Advocate

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More lack of leadership by our County Executive—Would it be too much to ask exactly, exactly, exactly how much the Browns take from the local economy? They give nothing, they are net takers. On a cash-flow basis, the direct take is what it costs us per year to finance and maintain the stadium plus the lost opportunity costs from failing to fill it even on a weekly basis with Something, Anything, maybe even a Todd Rundgrun concert? It would bring more people and revenue simply by converting it to a stage for the R&R Hall of Fame. @TerryCoyne So what’s the give from eight home games? Almost nothing. Imagine the economic impact of tailgating … Or the remainder, who come down for the game and then flee downtown as fast as they can? Let’s be honest, the Browns vampire suck. Just say no. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/signalcleveland_this-dog-doesnt-hunt-says-cuyahoga-county-activity-7228882448367915009-fMRP?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_ios

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