Ohio House Speaker: 'I don't support' Bengals, Hamilton County's $350M request for stadium funding

Ohio House Speaker: 'I don't support' Bengals, Hamilton County's $350M request for stadium funding

Just one week after Hamilton County and the Cincinnati Bengals submitted their $350 million request to state lawmakers, the leader of the Ohio House of Representatives said he does not support the plan.House Speaker Matt Huffman told 700WLW's Bill Cunningham the Bengals' plan is similar to a plan the Browns presented to him years ago, which he did not support."I did meet with the Bengals and Commissioner (Denise) Driehaus a few months ago or wee…

Bengals stadium renovations in jeopardy

The Cincinnati Bengals made their fans extremely happy when they secured star quarterback Joe Burrow’s top two receiving threats, Ja’Marr Chase and Tee Higgins, to long-term deals, including a deal that made Chase the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history. However, elsewhere, things aren’t going so swimmingly for the organization. Star pass rusher Trey Hendrickson, last season’s NFL sack leader, still doesn’t have an extension of his own s…