Cleveland Browns Stadium Legal Battle: City Asks Judge to Halt Team's Plans to Relocate to Brook Park

Cleveland asks judge to halt Browns’ $2.4 billion Brook Park stadium plans

CLEVELAND, Ohio — Attorneys for the city of Cleveland have asked a judge to order the Browns to stop all work on the NFL franchise’s planned move from its downtown stadium to Brook Park.

Cleveland Browns stadium legal battle: City asks judge to halt team's plans to relocate to Brook Park

Cleveland opposes Browns' plans to relocate to Brook Park, citing lease violations and seeking legal action to stop development until after their 2028 lease expires.

Cleveland takes sides between owners of the Cavs and Browns

Not all billionaires are created equal in the eyes of Cleveland’s leaders.  For months, Justin Bibb and Chris Ronayne have wrestled with the Haslams, who own the Browns, over their plans for a roofed stadium in Brook Park. But Dan Gilbert, the owner of the Cavaliers and patriarch of the Bedrock and Rocket family of companies? Now there’s a billionaire team owner they can get behind.  Cleveland officials lauded Gilbert in absentia last week at a …