Cleveland Browns Stadium
Cleveland Browns Stadium is a stadium in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, primarily for American football. It is the home field of the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League (NFL), and serves as a venue for other events such as college and high school football, soccer, hockey, and concerts. It opened in 1999 and was known as FirstEnergy Stadium from 2013 to 2023. The initial seating capacity was listed at 73,200 people, but following the first phase of a two-year renovation project in 2014, was reduced to the current capacity of 67,431. The stadium sits on 31 acres (13 ha) of land between Lake Erie and the Cleveland Memorial Shoreway in the North Coast Harbor area of downtown Cleveland, adjacent to the Great Lakes Science Center and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Cleveland Stadium stood on the site from 1931 to 1996.
Interior and exterior views in 2016 | |
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| Former names | FirstEnergy Stadium (2013–2023) |
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| Address | 100 Alfred Lerner Way |
| Location | Cleveland, Ohio |
| Coordinates | 41°30′22″N 81°41′58″W |
| Public transit | West 3rd |
| Owner | City of Cleveland |
| Operator | Cleveland Browns |
| Executive suites | 143 |
| Capacity | 67,431 |
| Record attendance | 73,718 (November 3, 2002 vs. Steelers) |
| Surface | Kentucky Bluegrass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | May 15, 1997 |
| Opened | September 12, 1999 |
| Construction cost | $283 million ($497 million in 2022 dollars) |
| Architect | HOK Sport Robert P. Madison International, Inc. Ralph Tyler Companies |
| Project manager | The Project Group |
| Structural engineer | Osborn Engineering |
| Services engineer | URS Corporation |
| General contractor | Huber, Hunt & Nichols |
| Tenants | |
| Cleveland Browns (NFL) 1999–present | |
| Website | |
| clevelandbrownsstadium.com | |