CLEVELAND, Ohio – One developer envisions a mixed-use entertainment center on the downtown waterfront. Another is including the idea of a soccer field to anchor a housing and hospitality complex. The thought of a music venue is also being floated.

Those are among the ideas the not-for-profit set up by the city of Cleveland for lakefront development is sorting through before picking a developer or team of developers to help lead the transformation of 50 lakefront acres in and around the current football stadium.

One idea already eliminated, however, is a proposal submitted to provide consulting work on renovating the existing stadium. The stadium is to be demolished soon after the Browns’ vacate it to move to a new stadium in Brook Park in four to six years.

Limited details surfaced Thur

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