The Modell Law was passed by the Ohio General Assembly in 1996 after Art Modell moved the previous Browns franchise to ...

A toothless, untested, unenforceable piece of legislation that has no bearing on the team’s attempt to build a domed stadium ...

I am very glad that Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb is now going to invoke the Art Modell Law (”Cleveland ... commit to paying half of a $3 billion new Browns Stadium and Sports Complex.

It’s safe to assume that when then-Ohio Gov. George Voinovich signed the so-called “Art Modell Law” in 1996, the possibility ...

The Browns never responded. RELATED: City of Cleveland enforcing Art Modell law to keep the Browns in downtown In the documents, the City of Cleveland accuses the Browns of “abandoning the City ...

The 1996 law refers to then-Browns owner Art Modell who planned to move the team to Baltimore in 1995. An amended complaint, filed by the Cleveland Browns Football Company LLC in November, questions ...

The statue was passed by the Ohio General Assembly in 1996, a year after Art Modell moved the original Browns from Cleveland to Baltimore. The entire statute from the Ohio Revised Code reads as ...

This week, the City of Cleveland (the City) and the State of Ohio (the State) took several key actions in the battle to prevent the Cleveland ...

officials expressed that they are invoking the “Modell Law” to “ensure the Cleveland Browns continue to play downtown.” The law was enacted following former Browns owner Art Modell’s ...

the Browns. The city has sued the team over the proposed move out of Cleveland to a domed stadium in Brook Park. The lawsuit arises under the Modell Law, which was enacted after the late Art Modell ...