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Funding, Economic Impact & the Road to 2029 with David Jenkins - Building Brownstown

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4.51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Building Brownstown, Browns EVP and COO David Jenkins joins the show to discuss the business behind the new Huntington Bank Field in Brook Park. Jenkins explains how a $3 billion project of this scale gets funded. He also outlines the massive economic impact the project is expected to bring to Northeast Ohio, including thousands of jobs, major event potential, and a lasting boost to the region.

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0:00.0

Welcome back to Building Brownstown.

0:02.0

Nathan Zger, very happy to be joined by the C.O.

0:04.8

of Haslam Sports Group, David Jenkins.

0:07.3

Jenks, it is great to have you here.

0:09.8

And let's just kind of go back to the beginning, leading a project of this magnitude

0:15.6

and all the different facets that go into bringing an enclosed stadium to Brook Park for

0:20.5

the Cleveland Browns.

0:21.7

What was it like kind of spearheading this?

0:24.9

You know, it's a massive responsibility.

0:26.8

It's humbling, you know, massive responsibility for the organization for our team.

0:30.6

And, you know, we said all along that we're working hard for the opportunity to work really

0:36.7

hard.

0:37.2

Yep.

0:39.0

And there's so many stakeholders involved. There's a public-private partnership, which is the key to making it all

0:43.9

happen. And the most important stakeholder is the fans. So what are we doing? There's a great

0:49.7

responsibility to deliver on what we're saying we're going to deliver. And that's an enhanced experience.

0:55.0

It's a world-class venue that's going to have world-class events.

0:58.0

So it's a lot of pressure, but we've got tremendous partners.

1:02.0

We've got a great team.

1:04.0

I think the greatest qualitative thing outside of learning what the community wants

1:09.0

is seeing our team galvanized and rally around

1:12.8

a transformational project that could have a great impact on this community.

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