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Letter to Fans from the Browns on the new Stadium

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  • @hoorta said:

    and I don't like it

    We knew that you wouldn't.

    @hoorta said:

    Are the Bills building a domed stadium? Nope- and their weather is a damnsite worse than Cleveland's

    A percentage of Bills fans are just plain friggin' crazy-ass people.  

    @hoorta said:

    Arrowhead was built in 1972

    I hear ya!  I don't understand how a stadium built @ 1999 already has to be replaced.  Perhaps Jimmuh can get the ancient Romans to build the next one.  

    tiamat63T tiamat63 wrote on last edited by
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    @orion said:

    I hear ya!  I don't understand how a stadium built @ 1999 already has to be replaced.  Perhaps Jimmuh can get the ancient Romans to build the next one.  

    Speaking from a family member who was apart of the construction crew(s).  The current spot was hastily built and they were having problems with the north walls even during the build. 

    Haste makes waste. 

  • Bob806B Bob806 wrote on last edited by
    #12

    I was hoping for Downtown even though this Brook Park site is 3-4 miles from my house.

    I agree on the dome experience @hoorta. I've been to Dallas, Houston, Indy, Phoenix, & St Louis. Domes are sterile.

  • MLD WoodyM MLD Woody wrote on last edited by
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    I hope they implement good public transportation options between the stadium and downtown 

    Dome absolutely makes the most sense. Dumb to make a huge investment in something that can't be used for a big portion of the year 

  • I hope they implement good public transportation options between the stadium and downtown 

    Dome absolutely makes the most sense. Dumb to make a huge investment in something that can't be used for a big portion of the year 

    Canton DawgC Canton Dawg wrote on last edited by
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    @mld-woody said:

    I hope they implement good public transportation options between the stadium and downtown 

    Brook Park is situated at the intersection of I71 & 480 with a rapid station and Hopkins Airport.

    It really doesn’t get much better than that.

  • @mld-woody said:

    I hope they implement good public transportation options between the stadium and downtown 

    Brook Park is situated at the intersection of I71 & 480 with a rapid station and Hopkins Airport.

    It really doesn’t get much better than that.

    MLD WoodyM MLD Woody wrote on last edited by
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    @canton-dawg said:

    Brook Park is situated at the intersection of I71 & 480 with a rapid station and Hopkins Airport.

    It really doesn’t get much better than that.

    I don't think we necessarily want a horde of folks all hopping on the highway up downtown right after a game and I don't think the rapid could handle the new crowds (or, frankly, look nice enough to be our given option of shuttling visitors between Brook Park and downtown).

    If something this massive is built there will need to be public transportation improvements with it 

  • @orion said:

    I hear ya!  I don't understand how a stadium built @ 1999 already has to be replaced.  Perhaps Jimmuh can get the ancient Romans to build the next one.  

    While talking about the dome in Brookpark, Haslam already said something along the lines of "this would fix the stadium problem for the Browns for the long-term... like 20 years or so." 

    These owners have massive egos, and there has never been in modern U.S. history a time where everyone bends over to the whims of the ultra-rich like right now. The second one of these guys goes to an opposing teams' stadium and sees that its better than their "State of the art stadium", the clock resets on building another stadium. Watch what happens in Cincinnati and Pittsburgh if this Brookpark dome gets built. All the sudden the two AFC North stadiums quaintly built on rivers will become "antiquated and maintenance nightmares". 

    And somehow two of the biggest college football programs play in stadiums that are a century old within two or three hours of Cleveland. 

    OrionO Orion wrote on last edited by
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    @dutch-oven said:

    Haslam already said something along the lines of "this would fix the stadium problem for the Browns for the long-term... like 20 years or so." 

    Yeah, I saw that.  How come my supermarket doesn't have to be razed to the ground and rebuilt every so often?  Carnegie Hall is still standing.  Fenway, Yankee Stadium, etc.  Of course, as you stated, the football owner now needs the stadium to be just a part of a resort.  That's the current trend...and Jimmuh wants his.

  • @mld-woody said:

    I hope they implement good public transportation options between the stadium and downtown 

    Brook Park is situated at the intersection of I71 & 480 with a rapid station and Hopkins Airport.

    It really doesn’t get much better than that.

    Bob806B Bob806 wrote on last edited by
    #17

    @canton-dawg said:

    Brook Park is situated at the intersection of I71 & 480 with a rapid station and Hopkins Airport.

    It really doesn’t get much better than that.

    I wonder if some kind of Rapid extension will service the new stadium/ stadium area from the airport or Brook Park road station. Probably only needs to be a half mile or so.

  • @canton-dawg said:

    Brook Park is situated at the intersection of I71 & 480 with a rapid station and Hopkins Airport.

    It really doesn’t get much better than that.

    I don't think we necessarily want a horde of folks all hopping on the highway up downtown right after a game and I don't think the rapid could handle the new crowds (or, frankly, look nice enough to be our given option of shuttling visitors between Brook Park and downtown).

    If something this massive is built there will need to be public transportation improvements with it 

    Canton DawgC Canton Dawg wrote on last edited by
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    @mld-woody said:

    I don't think we necessarily want a horde of folks all hopping on the highway up downtown right after a game and I don't think the rapid could handle the new crowds (or, frankly, look nice enough to be our given option of shuttling visitors between Brook Park and downtown).

    If something this massive is built there will need to be public transportation improvements with it 

    Well, we don’t nave to reinvent the wheel.

    The fans going downtown to watch the game primarily drove there.

    I personally liked the rapid the last few years I had tickets.

  • @canton-dawg said:

    Brook Park is situated at the intersection of I71 & 480 with a rapid station and Hopkins Airport.

    It really doesn’t get much better than that.

    I wonder if some kind of Rapid extension will service the new stadium/ stadium area from the airport or Brook Park road station. Probably only needs to be a half mile or so.

    Canton DawgC Canton Dawg wrote on last edited by Canton Dawg
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    @bob806 said:

    I wonder if some kind of Rapid extension will service the new stadium/ stadium area from the airport or Brook Park road station. Probably only needs to be a half mile or so.

    I’m sure a couple of shuttle buses would work out, or it would be nice if they could drop off right at the stadium like you suggested.

  • @mld-woody said:

    I don't think we necessarily want a horde of folks all hopping on the highway up downtown right after a game and I don't think the rapid could handle the new crowds (or, frankly, look nice enough to be our given option of shuttling visitors between Brook Park and downtown).

    If something this massive is built there will need to be public transportation improvements with it 

    Well, we don’t nave to reinvent the wheel.

    The fans going downtown to watch the game primarily drove there.

    I personally liked the rapid the last few years I had tickets.

    MLD WoodyM MLD Woody wrote on last edited by
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    @canton-dawg said:

    Well, we don’t nave to reinvent the wheel.

    The fans going downtown to watch the game primarily drove there.

    I personally liked the rapid the last few years I had tickets.

    I'm not saying public transport to get to the game. I'm saying after the game, to go downtown, and to easily come back to a parked car. 

  • I hope they implement good public transportation options between the stadium and downtown 

    Dome absolutely makes the most sense. Dumb to make a huge investment in something that can't be used for a big portion of the year 

    ballpeenB ballpeen wrote on last edited by
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    @mld-woody said:

    I hope they implement good public transportation options between the stadium and downtown 

    Dome absolutely makes the most sense. Dumb to make a huge investment in something that can't be used for a big portion of the year 

    They will.  They already have tracks running to the airport.  It won't be hard to add one more stop..  It isn't hard.  You can have tracks or a Ped way to take people the last few hundred yards.

    I myself have always liked dome games.  To each their own.  I prefer a nice temperate climate, but I can deal and plan for that.  I don't like the wind gusts and rainy, sleety condition that seem to prevail much of the season.  If you don't have to sit in crap conditions, why would you?  If you are watching at home I don't think many of you sit in the backyard enduring whatever the conditions bring.

  • I hope they implement good public transportation options between the stadium and downtown 

    Dome absolutely makes the most sense. Dumb to make a huge investment in something that can't be used for a big portion of the year 

    DieHardBrownsFan1D DieHardBrownsFan1 wrote on last edited by
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    @mld-woody said:

    I hope they implement good public transportation options between the stadium and downtown 

    Dome absolutely makes the most sense. Dumb to make a huge investment in something that can't be used for a big portion of the year 

    Rapid from the Airport or Brookpark Road Station.

  • @mld-woody said:

    I hope they implement good public transportation options between the stadium and downtown 

    Brook Park is situated at the intersection of I71 & 480 with a rapid station and Hopkins Airport.

    It really doesn’t get much better than that.

    nickersN nickers wrote on last edited by
    #23

    @canton-dawg said:

    Brook Park is situated at the intersection of I71 & 480 with a rapid station and Hopkins Airport.

    It really doesn’t get much better than that.

    Yup I used to ride the Rapid to Brookpark for band practice many moons ago... It doesn't take very long from Tower City

  • OrionO Orion wrote on last edited by
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    My 8 & 10 yr old grandboys are going to the Patriots game tonight.  There's supposed to be thunderstorms, then heavy rain, then rain, then showers.  I said to Mrs. Wife, Too bad they don't have a dome.  Even in August sitting in the rain sucks.