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Patrick Andres

Browns Sued By City of Cleveland Over Planned Stadium Move to Suburban Brook Park

FirstEnergy Stadium (now Huntington Bank Field) in 2021. | Kirby Lee-Imagn Images

With the future of the Cleveland Browns in Cleveland proper up in the air, the city has moved to initiate a legal fight.

Cleveland filed a lawsuit against the Browns Tuesday accusing the team of violating the "Modell Law," a statute that allows locals to attempt to buy a relocating team within a six-month period before the team's relocation. The lawsuit seeks to stop the team from attempting to build a new domed stadium in the suburb of Brook Park.

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