Oct 25, 2024 · But what is the Art Modell Law? The law, written by former Mayor Dennis Kucinich, is meant to keep owners of professional sports teams from easily moving out of tax-supported facilities, like...

The City of Cleveland is enforcing the state's Modell Law against Browns owners to keep the team downtown. Here's how it impacts the Browns.

Apr 14, 2024 · Art Modell -- the locally despised former Browns owner, who uprooted the team and moved it to Baltimore in 1996 – is memorialized in an Ohio law that aptly bears his name.

Dec 31, 2024 · Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb sent a letter to owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam, saying the city intends to invoke the “Modell Law” to prevent them from leaving the Browns’ current lakefront stadium. The lease expires in 2028.

Dec 31, 2024 · So, when whispers began about Dee Haslam’s Browns potentially relocating to Brook Park, the city turned to an old weapon—the Modell Law. This 1996 legislation, born from heartbreak, now stands between the Browns and a future away from their downtown home.

Oct 17, 2024 · CLEVELAND (WJW) — The FOX 8 I-Team revealed Thursday that the Cleveland Browns will move out of the current stadium on the lakefront and build a dome in Brook Park. It’s a decision that will have a...

May 14, 2024 · The "Art Modell" law, named for the former Browns owner who moved the team to Baltimore in 1996, requires Ohio owners whose teams play in taxpayer-funded stadiums to get permission from their home city or give six-month notice with a chance for the city or an investor “in the area” to offer to buy the team.

Oct 22, 2024 · CLEVELAND — The city of Cleveland says it will be "moving forward" in taking legal action to try to prevent the Browns from leaving downtown and relocating to a soon-to-be-built domed stadium in...

Oct 24, 2024 · With members of Cleveland’s City Council and Dennis Kucinich talking about it, we thought it a good time to take a look at Ohio’s “Art Modell Law” and see if it can stop the Cleveland Browns from moving to Brook Park, Ohio–just a few minutes outside of …

May 7, 2024 · CLEVELAND — As the battle over a possible new stadium for the Browns heats up, Cleveland City Council on Monday approved an ordinance directing Mayor Justin M. Bibb's administration to enforce the...