The Cleveland Browns’ stadium will now be called Huntington Bank Field, the team announced Tuesday.
The team and Huntington Bank agreed to a 20-year partnership that gives the bank the naming rights to the “existing or new home of the Browns.” Earlier this summer, the Browns announced their intentions to build a new, indoor stadium in suburban Brook Park.
Nothing is finalized with any future stadium plans. There’s been pushback from the city of Cleveland, which wants to keep the Browns in downtown Cleveland. The team has essentially played on the same plot of land since its founding in 1946.
In the spring, team owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam acknowledged that the Browns were down to two options: the indoor stadium in Brook Park at an estimated cost of $2.4 billion, or a renovation of the current stadium that could cost $1 billion. The city went public in August with a proposal to pay about half of the renovation costs as part of a financing plan that would waive rent for the team and allow the team to keep game day parking fees from some downtown garages.
The Browns’ current lease expires in 2028.
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Huntington Bank is based in Columbus, Ohio. There’s already a Huntington Bank Stadium in Minneapolis; it’s the home of the University of Minnesota Golden Gophers.
The stadium opened as Cleveland Browns Stadium in 1999, then from 2013-2023 was known as FirstEnergy Stadium. The name changed back to Cleveland Browns Stadium in 2023, and the team had been seeking out a naming-rights partner for more than a year. The first game at Huntington Bank Field is this Sunday as the Browns open the season in a 4:25 p.m. ET spotlight game versus the Dallas Cowboys.
Jimmy Haslam declined to address any stadium issues Tuesday, saying that the team will provide an update in the coming days.
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