CLEVELAND — A new development has appeared as the city and Cleveland Browns owners continue to determine the future home of the team.

What You Need To Know

  • Destination Cleveland's Board of Directors voted ahead of requests for support for potential homes for the Cleveland Browns to remain neutral

  • The organization works as a marketing and management organization for Cuyahoga County

  • Destination Cleveland decided to follow the unanswered question about Burke Lakefront Airport's viability as a development site and reached out to partners to determine if the land could accommodate what the Browns proposed for the Brook Park development

  • The study was commissioned in Sept. 2024, costing approximately $25,000

Destination Cleveland’s Board of Directors voted ahead of requests for support for potential homes for the Cleveland Browns, whether it be downtown on the lakefront at its current stadium or in Brook Park, to remain neutral according to the nonprofit.

The organization works as a marketing and management organization for Cuyahoga County.

“No matter where the team plays, the organization’s job is to promote the Cleveland football experience,” said Destination Cleveland’s vice president of PR & Communications, Emily Lauer in a statement. “The Board also concluded that the only way Destination Cleveland could provide value to the negotiations would be, if needed, to conduct research to inform decision making.”

Destination Cleveland decided to follow the unanswered question about Burke Lakefront Airport’s viability as a development site and reached out to partners to determine if the land could accommodate what the Browns proposed for the Brook Park development.

When the project began, the city and Cuyahoga County were notified and received the study when it was completed. Lauer said in her statement that the study was only given to them, “with the understanding that they would decide whether to provide the information to Haslam Sports Group.”

Destination Cleveland said they only provided the study to the city and county.

The study was commissioned in Sept. 2024, costing approximately $25,000 and paid for through the nonprofit’s private revenue fund, which is generated through sales of marketing assets to advertisers.

View the renderings from the study below:

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