The college football playoff is the real reason OSU making these changes to the shoe.  Next year the new 12 team playoff format starts and in the first round the higher seeded team hosts the game.  I doubt the school wants to play those potential games in somewhere with an indoor stadium like Indy, they want that those games in Columbus.  The NHL outdoor game is just an added benefit of these changes.  

2 hours ago, DTCL11 said:

I'll be curious to see what else OSU has in mind. Assuming it is a potentially costly endeavor to make the stadium useful year round, I'm fairly certain they wouldn't consider such an expensive endeavor for the sole purpose of hosting a single exhibition game of an unaffiliated team. Other teams use baseball stadiums for the same purpose and I'm sure Huntington could also be used or even the new Crew Stadium.  They aren't aiming for 100,000 or even half that for a hockey game. Huntington and Crew can easily hold a reasonable crowd.  There's SURELY more to this than a single NHL game, right? Or a playoff game? Concerts? Or....

 

To my knowledge, the Browns have not announced where they intend to play while their stadium in Cleveland is out of commission 2026-2028. Watch that space for potential influence. 

 

 

 

 

 

Huntington Park only holds 10k. Doing an outdoor game there would be pointless, unprofitable, and not at all exciting. Doing a game at LDC could be cool, but the capacity is only a few thousand more than Nationwide so, again, not profitable. You hold an outdoor game because it's a way to do something different and exciting, but it's also a well to sell 2-3x more tickets than you can in your arena. 

2 hours ago, VintageLife said:

They very much could sell out for nhl games. They have sold out Michigan stadium for hockey matches before. Once for Michigan vs Michigan State and then for a red wings vs maple leafs match 

Plus the Winter Classic is a massive draw for NHL fans. If you get an opportunity to watch professional hockey outdoors, the fans jump at that even if they don't care about who is playing. It's just cool!

3 hours ago, cbussoccer said:

 

Huntington Park only holds 10k. Doing an outdoor game there would be pointless, unprofitable, and not at all exciting. Doing a game at LDC could be cool, but the capacity is only a few thousand more than Nationwide so, again, not profitable. You hold an outdoor game because it's a way to do something different and exciting, but it's also a well to sell 2-3x more tickets than you can in your arena. 

I was imagining the additional seating could be built into the remaining non arena space. Like a temporary stadium for such an event. 

6 hours ago, DTCL11 said:

I'll be curious to see what else OSU has in mind. Assuming it is a potentially costly endeavor to make the stadium useful year round, I'm fairly certain they wouldn't consider such an expensive endeavor for the sole purpose of hosting a single exhibition game of an unaffiliated team. Other teams use baseball stadiums for the same purpose and I'm sure Huntington could also be used or even the new Crew Stadium.  They aren't aiming for 100,000 or even half that for a hockey game. Huntington and Crew can easily hold a reasonable crowd.  There's SURELY more to this than a single NHL game, right? Or a playoff game? Concerts? Or....

 

To my knowledge, the Browns have not announced where they intend to play while their stadium in Cleveland is out of commission 2026-2028. Watch that space for potential influence. 

 

 

 

 

They are more than welcome to borrow OSU's stadium and fall in love with Columbus!

5 hours ago, Cincy513 said:

The college football playoff is the real reason OSU making these changes to the shoe.  Next year the new 12 team playoff format starts and in the first round the higher seeded team hosts the game.  I doubt the school wants to play those potential games in somewhere with an indoor stadium like Indy, they want that those games in Columbus.  The NHL outdoor game is just an added benefit of these changes.  

8 home games next year vs the 6 current. OSU's stadium is a money machine.

1 hour ago, columbus17 said:

8 home games next year vs the 6 current. OSU's stadium is a money machine.

The summer concerts they had this year were expected to bring in $100 million for the area. That’s insane and I think we will see more and more of that. There is no reason for them to not have something there every weekend in the summer. The businesses on campus would probably love it. 

20 hours ago, DTCL11 said:

They don't *need* to because there's enough fans that don't care about that stuff

I think it's the opposite, actually.  There are too many fans that care a ton about the historic stadium and don't want it touched in any way aesthetically.

Edited November 18, 20231 yr by TH3BUDDHA

1 hour ago, TH3BUDDHA said:

I think it's the opposite, actually.  There are too many fans that care a ton about the historic stadium and don't want it touched in any way aesthetically.

 

That's more or less what I meant. They don't care about it being updated because they like it the way it is. 

 

But also, the true historic stadium has been bastardized time and time again. So it's just like campus bars. Natstalgia for the version they knew. There's so much that can be done to enhance the actual historic stadium, keep the same design style exterior with better material, enhance and light the archways etc etc. 

33 minutes ago, DTCL11 said:

 

That's more or less what I meant. They don't care about it being updated because they like it the way it is. 

 

But also, the true historic stadium has been bastardized time and time again. So it's just like campus bars. Natstalgia for the version they knew. There's so much that can be done to enhance the actual historic stadium, keep the same design style exterior with better material, enhance and light the archways etc etc. 

yeah you can tell how ugly it is now with the more modern renovations on the outside. Just compare the side portions to the rotunda at the front. That is original and looks amazing, the rest of the outside stadium has already been ruined. 

4 hours ago, VintageLife said:

yeah you can tell how ugly it is now with the more modern renovations on the outside. Just compare the side portions to the rotunda at the front. That is original and looks amazing, the rest of the outside stadium has already been ruined. 

The stucco cheap arch stuff needs to go. This is why a lot of architects are a load of crap these days. They don't contribute to adding character it's all about costs. If someone doesn't have the $$$ to do the project, don't do it. Plain and simple.

12 minutes ago, columbus17 said:

The stucco cheap arch stuff needs to go. This is why a lot of architects are a load of crap these days. They don't contribute to adding character it's all about costs. If someone doesn't have the $$$ to do the project, don't do it. Plain and simple.

I think it would have looked great, if they used similar material to the original. It’s not like OSU didn’t have the money to do it the right way, they apparently just chose not to. 

Update on Starlab:

 

World’s first space lab on earth to be built near Ohio State airport

 

"The first-ever space science park on Earth will one day sit just north of the Ohio State University Airport. 

 

A 10-acre plot of unimproved land in northwest Columbus has been set aside for the development of an earthly replica of the George Washington Carver Space Park, a laboratory currently operating on the International Space Station. This past Thursday, Ohio State’s Board of Trustees approved a 40-year lease of property on West Dublin-Granville Road to Voyager Space Science Park, which will construct the terrestrial space lab.

 

The land, at 3025 W. Dublin-Granville Road, is part of a 56-acre plot Ohio State’s board bought in 1972, according to meeting materials. Seventy acres of adjacent land the board owns has been “reserved for future aerospace research development.”

 

https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/ohio-state-university/worlds-first-space-lab-on-earth-to-be-built-near-ohio-state-airport/amp/

 

 

 

1 hour ago, Luvcbus said:

Update on Starlab:

 

World’s first space lab on earth to be built near Ohio State airport

 

"The first-ever space science park on Earth will one day sit just north of the Ohio State University Airport. 

 

A 10-acre plot of unimproved land in northwest Columbus has been set aside for the development of an earthly replica of the George Washington Carver Space Park, a laboratory currently operating on the International Space Station. This past Thursday, Ohio State’s Board of Trustees approved a 40-year lease of property on West Dublin-Granville Road to Voyager Space Science Park, which will construct the terrestrial space lab.

 

The land, at 3025 W. Dublin-Granville Road, is part of a 56-acre plot Ohio State’s board bought in 1972, according to meeting materials. Seventy acres of adjacent land the board owns has been “reserved for future aerospace research development.”

 

https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/ohio-state-university/worlds-first-space-lab-on-earth-to-be-built-near-ohio-state-airport/amp/

 

 

 

Would love for this to lead into more space based agencies being in Columbus 

Buh bye Drake. And yes, looks like they're maintaining the pedestrian bridge access. I believe there is a longer-range plan to build another vehicular bridge over the Olentangy there in the future that may be buses and pedestrians only.

8 minutes ago, jebleprls22 said:

Buh bye Drake. And yes, looks like they're maintaining the pedestrian bridge access. I believe there is a longer-range plan to build another vehicular bridge over the Olentangy there in the future that may be buses and pedestrians only.

And one can only assume they'll soon announce the train service connecting west campus to the rest of campus right (obviously I'm joking, absolute pipe dream)? I actually had a r/OSU post pop up in my feed the other day and all the students were complaining about how difficult it is to get from west campus to main campus when you only have a short gap between classes. But they gotta get that football stadium ready for winter so maybe in 2050 or something they can add a train.

18 minutes ago, TIm said:

And one can only assume they'll soon announce the train service connecting west campus to the rest of campus right (obviously I'm joking, absolute pipe dream)? I actually had a r/OSU post pop up in my feed the other day and all the students were complaining about how difficult it is to get from west campus to main campus when you only have a short gap between classes. But they gotta get that football stadium ready for winter so maybe in 2050 or something they can add a train.

I saw that post and someone said there should be a gas station at lane and Kenny, so I don’t expect them to understand public transit very well. It was nice to see people respond with, there are plenty of gas stations in the area and there isn’t a need for more. 

11 hours ago, TIm said:

And one can only assume they'll soon announce the train service connecting west campus to the rest of campus right (obviously I'm joking, absolute pipe dream)? I actually had a r/OSU post pop up in my feed the other day and all the students were complaining about how difficult it is to get from west campus to main campus when you only have a short gap between classes. But they gotta get that football stadium ready for winter so maybe in 2050 or something they can add a train.

OSU was supposed to put a train in year ago and never did...

23 hours ago, VintageLife said:

I saw that post and someone said there should be a gas station at lane and Kenny, so I don’t expect them to understand public transit very well. It was nice to see people respond with, there are plenty of gas stations in the area and there isn’t a need for more. 

That's just hysterical. It was literally a drive-thru when my office was right there just 4 years ago! Was also a convenient place to buy a real Christmas tree.

12 hours ago, columbus17 said:

OSU was supposed to put a train in year ago and never did...

I think OSU's campus would be the perfect place to implement a train system in Columbus. Have it connect to the Hilton downtown and out to the Airport and it would have success as it'll connect people to Campus, Downtown, Airport, all the major Stadiums in Columbus (Schott, Ohio, LDC, Huntington, and Nationwide). 

 

Here's my extremely rushed drawing on Google Maps, but how hard would it be to have a train station connect to the new Columbus Airport Terminal, run down Stelzer Rd to connect to the existing train tracks along 5th Ave that goes all the way downtown and up towards campus? 

 

Red Circles are stops along my extremely complicated railroad transit map of a halfway decent light/heavy rail train.

1 hour ago, KyleofColumbus said:

I think OSU's campus would be the perfect place to implement a train system in Columbus. Have it connect to the Hilton downtown and out to the Airport and it would have success as it'll connect people to Campus, Downtown, Airport, all the major Stadiums in Columbus (Schott, Ohio, LDC, Huntington, and Nationwide). 

 

Here's my extremely rushed drawing on Google Maps, but how hard would it be to have a train station connect to the new Columbus Airport Terminal, run down Stelzer Rd to connect to the existing train tracks along 5th Ave that goes all the way downtown and up towards campus? 

 

Red Circles are stops along my extremely complicated railroad transit map of a halfway decent light/heavy rail train.

Add a spur up to Easton and a stop or two in between the airport and downtown and let's built it!

49 minutes ago, CMHOhio said:

Add a spur up to Easton and a stop or two in between the airport and downtown and let's built it!

So the Easton thing. Do people who live in Columbus actually go to Easton? The only people I really know that enjoy going there are people who live in the suburbs or exurbs and they're often fearing for their life the entire time they are there. Me and my other city dwelling friends avoid Easton like the plague.

 

Demolition at the Drake continues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2 hours ago, TIm said:

So the Easton thing. Do people who live in Columbus actually go to Easton? The only people I really know that enjoy going there are people who live in the suburbs or exurbs and they're often fearing for their life the entire time they are there. Me and my other city dwelling friends avoid Easton like the plague.

I don't go to Easton for the experience.  I go because I need s**t.  I imagine the same is true for many other people in Columbus.

3 hours ago, TIm said:

So the Easton thing. Do people who live in Columbus actually go to Easton? The only people I really know that enjoy going there are people who live in the suburbs or exurbs and they're often fearing for their life the entire time they are there. Me and my other city dwelling friends avoid Easton like the plague.

I am assuming that along with the rail, there would be infill(commercial and residential)that would make Easton more of an important node in the city than it is now just being a place to buy s**t and eat. I imagine the idea is of it being more like Bridge Park but on a much larger scale and with a lot more there and more variety of uses. 

 

I mean it really is just a large mall surrounded by corporate and more retail-it could be so much more.

 

Progress check from a rainy Rambler

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, TH3BUDDHA said:

I don't go to Easton for the experience.  I go because I need s**t.  I imagine the same is true for many other people in Columbus.

Same. 

16 hours ago, TH3BUDDHA said:

I don't go to Easton for the experience.  I go because I need s**t.  I imagine the same is true for many other people in Columbus.

It's not like Easton has places you can't find everywhere else though. Like why go to the most crowded place to shop when anywhere else is also an option? Only time I go there is to hang to with my city-fearing parents lol.

4 hours ago, TIm said:

It's not like Easton has places you can't find everywhere else though. Like why go to the most crowded place to shop when anywhere else is also an option? Only time I go there is to hang to with my city-fearing parents lol.

Easton provides the suburb preferred generation the faux urbanism they desire but with 20 garages within easy walking distance of every building. Whenever my aunts come into Columbus they NEVER go downtown and their entire perception of Columbus is the suburbs that my parents live in and Easton for the shopping they do. 

 

I have an Aunt from West Virginia who was scared to attend her own sons wedding on 4th St downtown because she didn't know where to park and was upset to drive as there was too much traffic. I wish I was joking. 

 

I know I'm not the only one who has family that acts like this, but their main concern every time is "crime" and "where am I going to park". Blind Ignorance and assuming every place that doesn't have a whole foods within the shopping center is a crime ridden hell hole. 

1 minute ago, KyleofColumbus said:

Easton provides the suburb preferred generation the faux urbanism they desire but with 20 garages within easy walking distance of every building. Whenever my aunts come into Columbus they NEVER go downtown and their entire perception of Columbus is the suburbs that my parents live in and Easton for the shopping they do. 

 

I have an Aunt from West Virginia who was scared to attend her own sons wedding on 4th St downtown because she didn't know where to park and was upset to drive as there was too much traffic. I wish I was joking. 

 

I know I'm not the only one who has family that acts like this, but their main concern every time is "crime" and "where am I going to park". Blind Ignorance and assuming every place that doesn't have a whole foods within the shopping center is a crime ridden hell hole. 

Only reason parking scares me as, until now, I haven't had a credit card and don't like online payment apps much. So I always panicked about getting ticketed if they didn't accept cash (most do). Crime is definitely a concern but it's not the worst - just watch your surroundings and you'll be alright 99% of the time.

34 minutes ago, KyleofColumbus said:

Easton provides the suburb preferred generation the faux urbanism they desire but with 20 garages within easy walking distance of every building. Whenever my aunts come into Columbus they NEVER go downtown and their entire perception of Columbus is the suburbs that my parents live in and Easton for the shopping they do. 

 

I have an Aunt from West Virginia who was scared to attend her own sons wedding on 4th St downtown because she didn't know where to park and was upset to drive as there was too much traffic. I wish I was joking. 

 

I know I'm not the only one who has family that acts like this, but their main concern every time is "crime" and "where am I going to park". Blind Ignorance and assuming every place that doesn't have a whole foods within the shopping center is a crime ridden hell hole. 

I never understand why urbanites always get so angry and make fun of suburban people for this stuff.  I've lived in various areas of Columbus for 14 years, like Old North, Victorian Village, German Village/Schumacher Place.  I love living near the core, but, over those years, I've definitely dealt with issues that just wouldn't have been a thing if I lived in an area like Dublin.  A friend got jumped when I lived in Old North.  My car has been frequently checked by random homeless people in Schumacher place.  Also, in Schumacher place, my friend on the other side of my duplex was followed into her garage by a drugged out person.  Our next door neighbors were robbed at gun point in their back yard in a house that is worth over 1 million dollars.  Countless homeless interactions in those years.  And yea, sometimes parking was annoying during ComFest and marathons.  It's ok to admit that some annoyances come with urban living.   It's not all perfect, far from it, actually.  Some people don't like those things.  That's ok.  Personally, I continue to live here even after those issues.  But, for the people in the million dollar house, it was too much.  They put it up for sale and moved to Dublin.  I don't blame them.  If I pay $1 million for a house, I'd like to feel comfortable hosting a party in my backyard without getting robbed.

Edited November 22, 20231 yr by TH3BUDDHA

9 hours ago, TIm said:

It's not like Easton has places you can't find everywhere else though. Like why go to the most crowded place to shop when anywhere else is also an option? Only time I go there is to hang to with my city-fearing parents lol.

 

There are actually many tenants who have their only local location at Easton. This in turn is a large part of why Easton is so successful, in many cases you really can't go anywhere else

 

Also, I just realized after replying that we're in the OSU developments thread... this discussion probably belongs somewhere else

 

Edited November 22, 20231 yr by NW24HX

7 hours ago, TH3BUDDHA said:

I never understand why urbanites always get so angry and make fun of suburban people for this stuff.  I've lived in various areas of Columbus for 14 years, like Old North, Victorian Village, German Village/Schumacher Place.  I love living near the core, but, over those years, I've definitely dealt with issues that just wouldn't have been a thing if I lived in an area like Dublin.  A friend got jumped when I lived in Old North.  My car has been frequently checked by random homeless people in Schumacher place.  Also, in Schumacher place, my friend on the other side of my duplex was followed into her garage by a drugged out person.  Our next door neighbors were robbed at gun point in their back yard in a house that is worth over 1 million dollars.  Countless homeless interactions in those years.  And yea, sometimes parking was annoying during ComFest and marathons.  It's ok to admit that some annoyances come with urban living.   It's not all perfect, far from it, actually.  Some people don't like those things.  That's ok.  Personally, I continue to live here even after those issues.  But, for the people in the million dollar house, it was too much.  They put it up for sale and moved to Dublin.  I don't blame them.  If I pay $1 million for a house, I'd like to feel comfortable hosting a party in my backyard without getting robbed.

 

Breaking News: More things happen where more people live. Film at 11. 

I remember my friends from college at SSU (20 years ago) thinking Columbus was "too expensive and boring" but "one hell of a place to go to the mall". None of them wanted to live here -- which surprised me since the ol' Portsmouth-to-Columbus move is the oldest trick in the book. Well 20 years later Columbus isn't "too boring" but it's even more expensive and is still, to outsiders, "one hell of a place to go to the mall". As long as the mall isn't Eastland, Westland or Southland. Of course Southland didn't draw anyone from more than 3 miles away except for Pickaway County.

 

Right, OSU thread. A little surprised OSU never got its own little mall like OU has.

On 11/17/2023 at 1:29 PM, DTCL11 said:

I'll be curious to see what else OSU has in mind. Assuming it is a potentially costly endeavor to make the stadium useful year round, I'm fairly certain they wouldn't consider such an expensive endeavor for the sole purpose of hosting a single exhibition game of an unaffiliated team. Other teams use baseball stadiums for the same purpose and I'm sure Huntington could also be used or even the new Crew Stadium.  They aren't aiming for 100,000 or even half that for a hockey game. Huntington and Crew can easily hold a reasonable crowd.  There's SURELY more to this than a single NHL game, right? Or a playoff game? Concerts? Or....

 

To my knowledge, the Browns have not announced where they intend to play while their stadium in Cleveland is out of commission 2026-2028. Watch that space for potential influence. 

 

 

 

 

Man have I been out of the loop. What's happening with Brown's stadium for three years?

27 minutes ago, John7165 said:

Man have I been out of the loop. What's happening with Brown's stadium for three years?

They are building a new one, I think in the same location so they will have to demo and play somewhere else. I don’t think it will be in Columbus, but maybe. 

Already? Is the old one that bad?

3 hours ago, jonoh81 said:

 

Breaking News: More things happen where more people live. Film at 11. 

Yea, and some people don't like those things.  So, they avoid those things and, for some reason that I don't understand, this really bothers a lot of urbanites.

9 hours ago, VintageLife said:

They are building a new one, I think in the same location so they will have to demo and play somewhere else. I don’t think it will be in Columbus, but maybe. 

Actually a huge renovation. Ohio Stadium has been mentioned as a potential Browns home field for 2 years. (Bringing it back to the OSU thread)

12 hours ago, VintageLife said:

They are building a new one, I think in the same location so they will have to demo and play somewhere else. I don’t think it will be in Columbus, but maybe. 

 

I'm by no means a browns fan but they aren't building a new one, they're renovating the one that's there now.  And the owner said a few months ago that they will definitely be playing their home games somewhere in Northeast Ohio

12 minutes ago, CbusOrBust said:

 

I'm by no means a browns fan but they aren't building a new one, they're renovating the one that's there now.  And the owner said a few months ago that they will definitely be playing their home games somewhere in Northeast Ohio

 

Yeah, but I wonder how those logistics work out. It's easy to say that but when push comes to shove, will Financials be different. 

 

Browns stadium holds 67000 people. Going with the second largest stadium, Progressive Field is 34000. Akron Infocision 30,000. Stay in NE ohio where you can only accept half the attendance for 2-4 years or travel for a stadium you can put more people in and potentially expand the market. 

 

I have no care either way but there's a compelling argument for it even if they've initially dismissed it. In the end, numbers may dictate it 

42 minutes ago, DTCL11 said:

 

Yeah, but I wonder how those logistics work out. It's easy to say that but when push comes to shove, will Financials be different. 

 

Browns stadium holds 67000 people. Going with the second largest stadium, Progressive Field is 34000. Akron Infocision 30,000. Stay in NE ohio where you can only accept half the attendance for 2-4 years or travel for a stadium you can put more people in and potentially expand the market. 

 

I have no care either way but there's a compelling argument for it even if they've initially dismissed it. In the end, numbers may dictate it 

They'll end up in the shoe I bet - Columbus is where it's at and it's time we get our own pro team (even if they're not that great).

2 hours ago, CbusOrBust said:

 

I'm by no means a browns fan but they aren't building a new one, they're renovating the one that's there now.  And the owner said a few months ago that they will definitely be playing their home games somewhere in Northeast Ohio

I guess I should have said that are basically demoing it, at least from the article I saw. Aren’t they taking it all the way down to nothing? 

2 hours ago, columbus17 said:

They'll end up in the shoe I bet - Columbus is where it's at and it's time we get our own pro team (even if they're not that great).

 

I'm sorry, but I'm somewhat superstitious and I think it's a horrible idea to bring a perennial loser, literally the laughing stock of the NFL for the last 35+ years and have them use Ohio Stadium for a temporary home- where their losing mojo and bad habits can "rub off" on our Buckeyes.  I hope they stay in NE Ohio.

To be fair to the Browns, they are far from the laughing stock they had been for the first ~15 years after their return. They’ve actually been in the playoff picture the last 5-6 years and have even managed to make the playoffs and win a game. They are in a good spot to make the playoffs this year as well. They are on pace to break 50 wins over the last six seasons, something that took them 11 seasons to do before their current turnaround. They are finally a dangerous team with the ability to win just about any game no matter who they are playing. 

We've got a weird thing going on in Ohio that our teams either rule or they suck. Buckeye Football: Highest win percentage in all of sport in the 21st century. Blue Jackets: 2nd worst NHL team throughout their existence. 2nd least valuable sports team of the Big Four leagues (only Arizona worse in both aspects). Clippers: Probably best minor league team throughout their existence. Browns: Worst win percentage in all of sport in the 21st century. By far. Crew: 2 MLS cups are pretty good for a small market team. Tied for 3rd most! Cavs: Either rule or suck! We'll leave out Cincinnati since they're right in the middle and don't prove the theory.

 

Can the losingest team in all of sport's mere presence in the same building ruin the winningest team in all of sport's record?

51 minutes ago, GCrites said:

We've got a weird thing going on in Ohio that our teams either rule or they suck. Buckeye Football: Highest win percentage in all of sport in the 21st century. Blue Jackets: 2nd worst NHL team throughout their existence. 2nd least valuable sports team of the Big Four leagues (only Arizona worse in both aspects). Clippers: Probably best minor league team throughout their existence. Browns: Worst win percentage in all of sport in the 21st century. By far. Crew: 2 MLS cups are pretty good for a small market team. Tied for 3rd most! Cavs: Either rule or suck! We'll leave out Cincinnati since they're right in the middle and don't prove the theory.

 

Can the losingest team in all of sport's mere presence in the same building ruin the winningest team in all of sport's record?

If by some long shot this does happen, I wonder if Ohio State would pull up their permanent field and replace it with a temporary turf that was easy to lay down for both the Browns and Buckeyes like MetLife does with the Giants and Jets.

17 minutes ago, John7165 said:

If by some long shot this does happen, I wonder if Ohio State would pull up their permanent field and replace it with a temporary turf that was easy to lay down for both the Browns and Buckeyes like MetLife does with the Giants and Jets.

They would have to do something to get Browns/NFL branding on the field. There’s no way the NFL would allow numerous games to take place on a field that’s completely branded for a college team. 

2 hours ago, cbussoccer said:

They would have to do something to get Browns/NFL branding on the field. There’s no way the NFL would allow numerous games to take place on a field that’s completely branded for a college team. 

They’ve done it before.. the Saints after Katrina @ LSU and Daaaaaa Bears @ Illinois when Soldier Field was being renovated… my guess is the Browns play at Akron even though it’s smaller than the Shoe 

12 hours ago, John7165 said:

If by some long shot this does happen, I wonder if Ohio State would pull up their permanent field and replace it with a temporary turf that was easy to lay down for both the Browns and Buckeyes like MetLife does with the Giants and Jets.

OSU needs to rip up the turf and put grass down. From what I've heard no college or pro player likes the turf.