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I don't think the county could afford to support the Brook Park stadium even if they wanted to. The county has some massive bills to pay albeit with some new revenue due to the sales tax extension: 1. new $750 million jail campus in Garfield Heights 2. new $91 million Board of Election/Health Human Services offices 3. guaranteeing $1+ billion worth of bonds for a cash-strapped MetroHealth System 4. $400 million-$700 million consolidated courthouse

His office is in Lakewood. I seem to recall he lives in Westlake. When I was the West Shore crime beat reporter for Sun about 25 years ago, the Westlake police shared a public record that they were called to the George's house on a domestic dispute. I don't recall the details of the incident but it involved Tony and his son Bobby. I do recall an arrest was made but I didn't put anyone's names in the paper because it was not on a felony charge. However I did publish the address of the incident and the allegations made.

The Haslams aren't sharing the report publicly. It is possible that the Haslams consider their report, which they paid for, as proprietary despite it being a city-owned stadium.

I realize the Haslams paid for that study but it's the city's stadium. Where's their long-term renovation analysis? I don't think the five-year audit counts as one.

Shocking news...... Land Bank President Frangos dies unexpectedly By Ken Prendergast / August 11, 2024 One day after the Cuyahoga Land Bank won its largest score of Ohio Brownfield Program grants to repurpose blighted, long-fallow properties, land bank President and General Counsel Gus Frangos suddenly passed away. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2024/08/11/land-bank-president-frangos-dies-unexpectedly/

Added a quote from the Haslams for the NEOtrans article, above.

$1 billion won't be enough to take it down to the steel supports. I'm told that wouldn't be enough.

County officials urge Haslams to keep Browns downtown By Ken Prendergast / August 11, 2024 Two Cuyahoga County leaders sent a letter today to Cleveland Browns owners Jimmy and Dee Haslam urging the football team to keep playing at the stadium on the Downtown Cleveland lakefront rather than build a new domed stadium in suburban Brook Park. County Executive Chris Ronayne and Cuyahoga County Council President Pernel Jones Jr. said the Haslams’ Brook Park plan “does not make fiscal sense.” MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2024/08/11/county-officials-urge-haslams-to-keep-browns-downtown/

I paused the TV too when that blimp shot was shown. My wife is looking forward to the park so when she saw that, she said "have they started building the park yet?"

Two potential suburban redevelopments will benefit from the Brownfield grants including in Warrensville Heights and Middleburg Heights

This community is a beneficiary of the state's Brownfield grants

This community is a beneficiary of the state's Brownfield grants

This project is a beneficiary of the state's Brownfield grants

The National Acme site is a beneficiary of the state's Brownfield grants

This project is a beneficiary of the state's Brownfield grants

Cuyahoga County cleans up with brownfield bucks By Ken Prendergast / August 10, 2024 The Cuyahoga County Land Reutilization Corp., known simply as the Cuyahoga Land Bank, has secured multiple funding awards from the Ohio Department of Development’s Brownfield Remediation Program for demolishing more than 1,100 structures, mostly blighted single-family homes in Cleveland and East Cleveland. But there are also multiple funding awards it got for cleaning up polluted industrial sites so they can be redeveloped for new housing and jobs. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2024/08/10/cuyahoga-county-cleans-up-with-brownfield-bucks/

I need to copy and paste the following language for every time in this forum this argument comes up.... The FAA requires there to be a publicly owned reliever airport for every major commercial airport in the USA. No airport other than Burke has the runway length, terminal size and tarmac area as Burke. It is Hopkins designated reliever airport. Until some other airport in Greater Cleveland has the same or better features than Burke, it will remain the region's FAA-designated reliever airport, regardless of how lightly used it is. And, BTW, Lake in the Hills 3CK Airport is Chicago's reliever. Meigs was not at the time of its closing.

That just means that the Cavs/Clinic facility will likely get its certificate of occupancy in 2027 and start to generate tax revenues for the TIF.

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A free article... Greyhound/Barons station may move to Brookpark rapid By Ken Prendergast / August 9, 2024 The Cleveland Browns aren’t the only one considering a move from Downtown Cleveland to suburban Brook Park. Now, it’s Greyhound/Barons intercity bus services that could move to the west-side suburb near Cleveland International Hopkins Airport. MORE: https://neo-trans.blog/2024/08/09/greyhound-barons-station-may-move-to-brookpark-rapid/

If the city agrees to it, yes, since more stadium-related revenues/taxes/fees are to be generated by a new stadium in a community where no such facility had existed. Brook Park is just a legal/financial mechanism. It's a pass-through to a bonding authority like the state, port authority and/or a private firm. It will be a short-term loss. But depending on what the city does with the stadium and surfacing parking lots to handle the sudden crush of thousands of cars 10-12 days a year, it could end up being a long-term win.

Totally separate. I'm trying to get more info on this.

For Amtrak? Sure, the usual three daily round trips at an average of 50 mph in a starter service. I raise the issue about economic impact not out of personal bitterness, but out of a desire to create a service that isn't just relevant, impactful or even transformational. I raise it because a proven private sector operator that contributes to political campaigns to get multiple daily round trips at 100+ mph is the only way we're going to get trains in this state. We keep putting pennies into the Ohio passenger rail vending machine, pressing the button to get trains and nothing happens.

It will. And you won't have to wait long either.