Cleveland Indians Jersey, Cleveland Municipal Stadium, also known as Lakefront Stadium, was one of the first multi-purpose NFL stadiums in sports Cleveland Indians Jersey history. It was home to both the MLB\'s Cleveland Indians and the NFL\'s Cleveland Browns. Like other sports cities, city officials thought a new stadium would revitalize the area and encourage the growth of new commercialization and flourishing of new businesses. Erected in 1931, the stadium would serve as home to the Browns and Indians for more than 50 years.
Although the stadium was not cookie-cutter shaped like other NFL stadiums, it\'s capacity of 75,000+ didn\'t make for great sight lines to baseball games.The distance from home plate to center field was a whopping 470 feet. Sitting behind the wall were the bleachers, also known as the Dawg Pound for Browns fans. No home run was ever hit Cleveland Indians Jersey into the center field bleachers.
The stadium turned out to be tough on the city of Cleveland\'s finances. Art Modell leased Cleveland Indians Jersey the stadium himself for next to nothing and laid the burden of operation costs and renovations on the city. After club and luxury seating was constructed at the stadium, Browns owner Art Modell refused to share revenue from the luxury seating with the Indians. As a result, the franchise was prompted to construct it\'s own venue; Jacobs Field was completed in 1994. During the 1990s, the Indians caught fire with talent when Jim Thome, Manny Ramirez, Kenny Lofton, Sandy Alomar and David Justice were all in Indians uniforms. The Indians even made the World Series in both 1995 and 1997-losing both times.
In 1996, Art Modell entered into discreet discussions with the city of Baltimore about moving the Browns to their city. He violated the Browns\' lease with Cleveland and was subsequently sued by Cleveland officials. His plea was that the city wouldn\'t help the franchise fund a new stadium because the Municipal Stadium was falling inadequate for professional sports. A deal was eventually concluded that would allow for Modell to take the Browns players and coaches to Baltimore. However, everything associated with the Cleveland Browns and their history would remain in Cleveland for the franchise\'s reactivation in 1999.
As a result of this ordeal, many other NFL stadiums have bee erected out of fear that the owner would move the franchise to another city. More specifically, a similar situation took place in Cincinnati shortly after. Like the Browns and Indians, the Cincinnati Bengals and Reds once shared Riverfront Stadium, a cookie-cutter shaped stadium constructed in 1970. During the late 90s, owner Mike Brown was adamant about the Bengals having their own stadium in order to compete. In fear of losing the Bengals, a county-wide tax was implemented to help pay for a home for the Bengals and a home for the Reds. A tax that is still ongoing and disgusts Cincinnati sports fans to this day.
For anyone interested in seeing this former NFL stadium, one can do so by visiting the bottom of Lake Erie. The \"mistake by the lake\" became the \"mistake in the lake\" when demolished parts of the stadium were converted into an artificial reef. What a story.
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