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.

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 Browns are reportedly looking for the state to cover $600 million of the $2.4 billion cost of building a new domed stadium in Brook Park.

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.

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,

CLEVELAND — 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 ...

CLEVELAND -- The Cleveland Browns' push to move out of the city and play in a proposed domed stadium has encountered a new roadblock. Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb sent a letter to owners Dee and ...

CLEVELAND — 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 ...

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 ...

The Browns and city of Cleveland have continued their back and forth on a new stadium for the team with Cleveland sending a letter informing the Browns it intends to invoke the Modell Law and attempt to recruit a group to keep the team in Cleveland while the Browns say they are moving the team to Brook Park.

Plans call for the 176-acre site in Brook Park to house the new Huntington Bank Field enclosed stadium, as well as the adjacent mixed-use development.