New Browns Stadium Renderings Put Dawg Pound Closer to the Field

The Haslam Sports Group and the Cleveland Browns released more renderings of what the new Huntington Bank Field will look like once completed in Brook Park. The renderings show the new home of the Dawg Pound and what other sports would like in the stadium. 

The organization is expected to break ground next month on the 67, 500-seat stadium, which would cost $2.4 billion to build and take over three years to complete. One of the reasons the Haslams decided to build a dome stadium was that it could host more than the Browns on Sunday. 

As seen in the renderings, the new stadium will be able to host concerts, basketball tournaments and soccer matches with crowds up to 75,000. The new dome also puts them in the running to possibly host a Super Bowl in the future, as the NFL requires host cities to have an average game-day temperature of at least 50 degrees or a domed roof for those under.

Starting with the new Dawg Pound, Cleveland will have the closest seats in the NFL, bringing “fans closer to the field than any other NFL stadium”, a press release reads. HKS, a global architecture firm, also designed the new Dawg Pound with sloped seating that provides improved sightlines compared to the current stadium. 

For example, Sports Business Journal reports that the middle row in the Dawg Pound is 54 feet closer to the field than in the Browns' home.

“If there is something we have to preserve from the current building, it’s the Dawg Pound,” Haslam Sports Group president David Jenkins told Sports Business Journal. “We’re really excited about the energy that’s going to create on the field.”

HKS is also developing the Washington Commanders' new stadium and has designed the legendary Dallas Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium and other major stadiums across the sports spectrum.

The renderings also highlight the new roofing system at the stadium, designed by HKS. Once complete, it will be the first long-span roof without a truss and the translucentness of the roof brings in natural light. 

AECOM Hunt and Turner Construction Company will manage construction. The Haslams also plan to invest another $1 billion in mixed use development around the stadium. 

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