CLEVELAND, Ohio – Did Mayor Justin Bibb really cut the best deal he could with the Cleveland Browns? Would the city be better off gambling that the Brook Park stadium never gets built? And, even if the Browns do leave Cleveland, should the lakefront stadium really be demolished?

Those were some of the questions Cleveland City Council members peppered Bibb’s team with during a committee hearing Monday to go over details of the agreement Bibb reached with Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam. The deal involves dropping all pending litigation against the team, and the team paying the city $70 million in addition to covering the stadium demolition costs estimated at $30 million.

Bibb did not appear at the meeting, but multiple cabinet members defended the agreement as the best under the circum

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