Not all billionaires are created equal in the eyes of Cleveland’s leaders.
For months, Justin Bibb and Chris Ronayne have wrestled with the Haslams, who own the Browns, over their plans for a roofed stadium in Brook Park. But Dan Gilbert, the owner of the Cavaliers and patriarch of the Bedrock and Rocket family of companies? Now there’s a billionaire team owner they can get behind.
Cleveland officials lauded Gilbert in absentia last week at a topping-off ceremony for the Cavs’ new practice facility. Dubbed the Cleveland Clinic Global Peak Performance Center, the building is going up along the Cuyahoga River, where Bedrock has plans for other major developments…