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Art Modell signed a 25 year lease to operate Cleveland Stadium
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Refused to share revenue
efused to share revenue with the Cleveland Indians Major league baseball team -
Cleveland gets new staidums
he Cleveland Indians and the Cleveland Cavaliers convinced the local governments to build them their own stadiums -
Revenue Drops
Modell who didn’t think his revenue would be affected by this was wrong and when the Indians stopped playing in Cleveland stadium revenue dropped sharply -
The move
Because of his jealously towards the new stadiums and lack of revenue Modell announced that he would be moving the browns to Baltimore -
Tax Approved for updates to Cleveland Stadium
The very next day the city voted to approve a tax to renovate and update Cleveland Stadium -
Celveland Files injunction
Cleveland filed an injunction to keep the browns in Cleveland till 1998 -
Steelers vs. Browns game
A protest was held in Pittsburgh during the Steelers vs. Browns game against the move. This is the first time the Steelers and Browns fans have come together -
Sponsorship drops
All of the team’s sponsors pulled their support for the Browns -
Ruling for the browns
The NFL announced that the Browns would be deactivated for three years, and that a new stadium would be built for a new Browns team, that would begin play in 1999. -
Modell gets franchise in Baltimore
Modell would be granted a new franchise in Baltimore retaining the current contracts of players and personal -
Browns Reactiviated
The browns were reactivated and able to keep its name, colors, and history
