{"id":535394,"date":"2026-03-20T20:27:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T20:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/535394\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T20:27:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T20:27:07","slug":"new-browns-stadium-will-put-fans-close-to-the-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/535394\/","title":{"rendered":"New Browns stadium will put fans close to the action"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At the new Factory of Sadness, the customers will get a very close look at the assembly line.<\/p>\n<p>Via Rich Exner of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, the architect of the new Browns stadium says that the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cleveland.com\/news\/2026\/03\/a-sneak-peak-at-the-browns-new-dawg-pound-and-more-brook-park-stadium-details.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">distance from the stands to the playing field<\/a> will be as little as \u201c16 feet, measured diagonally from the first row of seats to the field.\u201d The last row is only 248 feet from the field.<\/p>\n<p>The Dawg Pound in one of the end zones will have a 34-degree incline, according to HKS, which has designed SoFi Stadium, U.S. Bank Stadium, Lucas Oil Stadium, and AT&amp;T Stadium. HKS says this will \u201ccreate a powerful wall of sound.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As Exner notes, the details of the 16-foot distance aren\u2019t entirely clear. The use of the term \u201cdiagonal\u201d makes it even more vague.<\/p>\n<p>The Browns hope to open the new stadium by 2029. Current litigation aimed at <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcsports.com\/nfl\/profootballtalk\/rumor-mill\/news\/ohio-judge-throws-wrench-into-browns-stadium-funding-plan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">preventing the use of unclaimed public funds<\/a> could potentially slow the process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At the new Factory of Sadness, the customers will get a very close look at the assembly line.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":535395,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[349,99],"class_list":["post-535394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/535395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}