"We have had discussions with people," Banner said. "We've started to talk to some of the people in the concert and soccer world and some of those events just to build on relationship. We've tried to build and get them enthused about Cleveland as a marketplace and we talked to them a little bit about the renovation. We're very hopeful that that will be one of the outcomes."
The announcement of the team's off-field plans coincide with the Browns (4-5) preparing for Sunday's game at Cincinnati against the first-place Bengals (6-4). It's Cleveland's most important game since 2007,Cheap Air Max 720 Free Shipping, when the Browns finished 10-6 and just missed the playoffs.