CLEVELAND — ODOT’s decision to issue a permit for a new Browns stadium just east of Cleveland Hopkins International Airport ended a fight over airspace this week – and shifted the action back to the ground, to conversations about roads, traffic and parking.

On Friday, Brook Park Mayor Edward Orcutt seemed relieved, but unsurprised.

“We were optimistic that that was going to be the final decision,” he said of aviation officials’ determination that the stadium wouldn’t force changes to flights at Hopkins.

After initially siding with airport officials who said the enclosed stadium’s height would pose a safety risk, the Ohio Department of Transportation changed course this week. The agency’s aviation office had an outside consultant dig into the plan and ultimately signed off. ODOT approve

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