It’s safe to assume that when then-Ohio Gov. George Voinovich signed the so-called “Art Modell Law” in 1996, the possibility ...

A toothless, untested, unenforceable piece of legislation that has no bearing on the team’s attempt to build a domed stadium ...

Cleveland’s fight to keep the Browns from moving from downtown and into a proposed dome in the suburbs has taken yet another ...

Cleveland filed a lawsuit against the Browns Tuesday accusing the team of violating the "Modell Law," a statute that allows ...

CLEVELAND — Amid the Haslam Sports ... "The Modell Law, enacted in response to the Browns' 1995 attempt to relocate to Baltimore, prevents team owners from exploiting public investment and ...

The Cleveland Browns legal challenge in federal court over its proposed move from downtown to Brook Park should be tossed out ...

FILE - Cleveland Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam speak during an NFL football training camp practice in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va., July 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File) CLEVELAND ...

CLEVELAND — Cleveland city officials ... enacted when the Browns' attempted to relocate to Baltimore in 1995, keeps team owners from exploiting public investment. The law also works to protect ...

The Browns have played on the shores of Lake Erie since their 1946 founding—first at Cleveland Stadium from '46 to 1995, and then at Huntington Bank Field since their 1999 reinstatement.

The city has filed a lawsuit to stop the NFL team from leaving Cleveland's lakefront when its stadium lease expires after the ...