In December of last year, the city of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County agreed to cough up half each of the $40 million in long-accumulated Gateway debts for the public’s contractually required repairs at Progressive Field and Rocket Arena. It was a heavy lift, and the cash-strapped county, which had to borrow $14 million for its share, is still struggling to pay off that debt — in the short term, needing “to refinance the bond notes, rolling [over] the debt in 2026 at a lower interest rate of 4.06% rather than paying it off,” cleveland.com reported last week.

And the teams will be back for more reimbursements. County Executive Chris Ronayne has “previously estimated the county is facing a total of about $130 million in outstanding maintenance projects for Rocket Arena and Progressive F

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