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DeWine Signs Ohio Budget Earmarking $600M for Browns’ Brook Park Dome, Revises Modell Law

The budget directs unclaimed funds into a performance grant structure set to be repaid with stadium taxes over 16 years.

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Jun 12, 2025; Berea, OH, USA; Cleveland Browns managing and principal partner Jimmy Haslam watches practice during mini camp at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus. Mandatory Credit: Ken Blaze-Imagn Images/File Photo
FILE - Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine gives the State of the State address in the Ohio House chambers at the Ohio Statehouse on March 12, 2025, in Columbus, Ohio.

Overview

  • Governor DeWine signed the $60 billion two-year budget late Monday, including a $600 million grant toward a $2.4 billion domed Browns stadium in Brook Park.
  • The funding will come from the state’s approximately $4.8 billion unclaimed funds trust and be structured as a performance grant repayable over 16 years through stadium tax revenues.
  • The budget amends Ohio’s 1996 Modell Law to restrict its relocation ban to moves out of state, clearing the legal path for in-county site changes.
  • Brook Park Mayor Ed Orcutt hailed the investment for unlocking more than $2 billion in private capital committed by Haslam Sports Group for the mixed-use development.
  • Cleveland officials including Mayor Justin Bibb and Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne oppose shifting public subsidies away from the city and, with former AG Marc Dann and ex-Rep. Jeff Crossman, plan legal challenges.