The property required for the new Browns stadium in Brook Park has now been purchased
Perhaps the actual official step toward the Cleveland Browns new home being in Brook Park will come with an announcement or that ceremonial shovel of dirt. For now, each step (including this week’s decision by the State of Ohio) has seemed like the “now, it is happening” step.
Our Tom Moore has done an amazing job of keeping you up to date with all the nuanced details related to the stadium, funding, fights amongst politicians and billionaires, and every other detail possible for the Browns new home.
It has been known for some time that owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam preferred a domed stadium option on 176 acres in Brook Park. Friday, the 176 acres were officially purchased by the Haslam Sports Group and the Browns:
Haslam Sports Group and #Browns officially closed on the purchase of 176 acres of land in Brook Park bordering Snow and Engle Roads where they plan to build a $3.2 billion enclosed stadium and mixed-use development to be completed in 2029. pic.twitter.com/kpCW4ba1bz
— Daryl Ruiter (@RuiterWrongFAN) June 27, 2025
While there was an agreement in place, there were some contingencies related to funding that were cleared this week with the state’s decision.
Billionaires don’t purchase huge swaths of land without certainty of their plans for that land. Barring some catastrophic loss in the court system, which no one believes is likely, the Cleveland Browns will play their home games in Brook Park and practice in an upgraded Berea.
If this doesn’t create certainty for you that the Browns are moving, at what point will you believe that the Brook Park Stadium is for sure the team’s new home?
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