CLEVELAND MUNICIPAL STADIUM, constructed on reclaimed land on the city's lakefront, was completed in 1931; at that time it boasted the largest individual seating capacity (78,189) of any outdoor arena in the world.
Part of Mayor Michael White's deal with the National Football League to bring an expansion team to the city included the building of a new stadium. The old stadium would be torn down to make way for a new lakefront facility. Coincidentally, Cleveland's Osborn Engineering Company, which, along with architectural firm Walker and Weeks, had been the main designer of Municipal Stadium, oversaw the demolition of the stadium that it had so proudly helped build more than 65 years earlier.
I saw a few Browns games here in the 40's, not sure who or when. Also saw a few of their last games. The memories that stand out the most ......... C O L D so cold. My last game was with my son Brad and a friend of his whose Mom had gotten us tickets, so cold. I remember listening on the radio to the Browns since they started. Forget the announcers.
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