CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) – Cleveland City Council votes not to pay the Cleveland Browns nearly $1.2 million dollars for emergency repairs to Huntington Bank Field, according to a press release from council.
The city of Cleveland owns Huntington Field, and the Cleveland Browns operate it. The October 23, 1998, lease requires the City of Cleveland to maintain the structure and keep it usable as a sports facility. Under the lease, the City of Cleveland must reimburse the Browns for necessary emergency repairs the Browns perform or cause to be performed.
More than half of the repairs are for concrete and joints to be fixed…