Overview

• Crews are clearing concrete and moving dirt on the 176-acre former Ford site to prepare the property, though vertical construction has not begun.
• The Ohio Department of Transportation approved the project after an independent aviation review found the dome would not endanger operations near Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.
• The financing plan calls for $600 million from state unclaimed funds and roughly $300 million from site-generated local taxes, with Haslam Sports Group providing the remainder.
• Opposition persists through Cleveland’s lawsuit to keep the team at the lakefront stadium, a separate suit challenging the state funding, and a county review of a councilman’s request to explore taking the Brook Park site for airport use.
• The team targets a groundbreaking early next year and a 2029 opening, as Brook Park pursues $70.3 million in TRAC road funding and has set an Oct. 28 public meeting on proposed traffic changes.