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Art Modell, the owner of the Cleveland Browns, moved the team to Baltimore right after the taxpayers built them a new stadium. Even though these events happene
by csense 8y ago
Art Modell, the owner of the Cleveland Browns, moved the team to Baltimore right after the taxpayers built them a new stadium. Even though these events happened in the mid-90's and Modell died in 2012, his name is still considered a curse word in Cleveland.
- KC8ZKF 8y agoModell moved the team in 1996. The new Cleveland football stadium was built three years later for the new expansion Browns. You might be conflating the football stadium with Jacobs Field, which was built for the Indians. (American League Baseball) The original Browns played at Cleveland Municipal Stadium until they became the Baltimore Ravens.
- redshirtrob 8y agoThis is basically wrong, except that Modell's name is a curse word in Cleveland. Modell announced the move, and _the_ _very_ _next_ _day_ Cleveland voters approved funding to remodel Cleveland Municipal Stadium. It didn't work, Modell still wanted to move the team. The city of Cleveland sued Modell and a bunch of other entities with the result being Cleveland retained the Browns legacy and the franchise was considered dormant for three years [0]. The upshot of the whole affair was the passage of The Art Modell Law [1] which Save The Crew supporters invoked when Precourt Sports Ventures tried to pull the same trick on the Columbus Crew. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Browns_relocation_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Browns_relocation_co... [1] https://www.natlawreview.com/article/ohio-art-modell-law-save-columbus-crew https://www.natlawreview.com/article/ohio-art-modell-law-sav...