Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb has sent a letter to the Cleveland Browns, telling them the city intends to enforce the Modell Law, which gives the city or local residents the opportunity to purchase the team before it can leave to play in another location.

Whatever happens on the field, the end of the Browns' lease at their current lakefront home looms, making 2025 a decisive year for the Browns off the field. As the owners of one Cleveland team look outward, Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert is putting shovels in the ground downtown.

The Cleveland Browns' push to move out of the city and play in a proposed domed stadium has encountered a new road block. 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.

Ohio lawmakers are looking at including some sort of financial help for a Cleveland Browns stadium this year, such as via the state’s new two-year budget plan.

Bibb closes the letter by telling the Browns that if they do not respond to the letter by January 9, 2025, or "do not intend to comply with R.C. § 9.67 or the terms of the Browns’ contractual obligations," the city "will take appropriate legal action."

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.

Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb emailed a letter to Cleveland Browns owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam on Monday threatening legal action via Ohio Revised Code 9.67—more popularly known as the “Art Modell law”—unless the Browns provide “the City or others with the opportunity to purchase the team,

The Cleveland Browns’ push to move out of the city and play in a proposed domed stadium has encountered a new road block. Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb sent a letter to owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam ...

Ohio — The Cleveland Browns' push to move out of the city and play in a proposed domed stadium has encountered a new road block. Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb sent a letter to owners Dee and Jimmy ...

Ohio — The Cleveland Browns' push to move out of the city and play in a proposed domed stadium has encountered a new road block. Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb sent a letter to owners Dee and Jimmy ...

In the letter penned on Monday, Bibb told owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam they have until Jan. 9 to respond to his demands regarding the Modell Law or face legal action.

In the letter penned on Monday, Bibb told owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam they have until Jan. 9 to respond to his demands regarding the law or face legal action.