As the future of Cleveland Browns Stadium begins to take focus, Mayor Bibb says no general fund dollars for maintenance of a 'privately owned football franchise'
CLEVELAND — During his second State of the City address since becoming mayor, Justin Bibb spoke about his vision for a revitalized Cleveland Lakefront, which included some of his most detailed comments to date about the future of Cleveland Browns Stadium.
The mayor wants to create a Waterfront Development Authority to ensure the city will use the land properly. “I believe there’s going to have to be a lot of creativity, we’re going to have to have a lot of conversations with our adjoining counties as well as Cuyahoga County council and the county executive," Griffin said. “Everybody, the county and quite frankly the region and the state all need to look at what does this asset mean for our region.”
However, Ward 8 Cleveland Councilman Michael Polensek was less enthusiastic about the internal discussions about a stadium renovation. Polensek was one of nine"No votes" for the 1996 funding package that helped to build the current Browns stadium at a cost of more than $280 million dollar, 75% of which was publicly funded.
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