CLEVELAND — Cleveland City Council voted Monday night to approve an exit deal with the Browns – with some notable tweaks to the agreement, but no major changes.

After weeks of debate, council agreed to move forward on the roughly $100 million settlement to end a legal battle over the team’s planned move to Brook Park.

The Browns will get a smoother road to their new, suburban stadium. They’ll also get the option to extend their lease at the existing, city-owned stadium Downtown by a year or two if the Brook Park project runs behind schedule.

In exchange, the city will get money to develop the Downtown lakefront and invest in neighborhoods. And Browns owner Haslam Sports Group will pay to demolish the lakefront stadium and prepare the land underneath it for new uses.

Council ultimately

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