The new Cleveland Browns Stadium was completed in 1999 to rave reviews by local fans. Wider, more comfortable seats, unobstructed views of the field and the largest scoreboards in the NFL all win the new Dawg Pound extra points over its predecessor, the Municipal Stadium. Located downtown on the lake, the Cleveland Browns Stadium seats offer fans views of Terminal Tower, the downtown skyline and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as well as gridiron action on natural grass. Parking is reasonably easy to find, even on game night. And in what other $283 million facility can you order nachos served in a dog bowl?

Who can think of Cleveland Browns football without hearing the deafening cheers of tens of thousands of people clad in orange and brown as players rushed from the locker room tunnel onto the field? Or feeling bone-chilling winds blasting across Lake Erie to frustrate kickers as balls veered wide of goal posts? Or imagining the east end zone without the country's most rabid fans in the Dawg Pound barking to support their beloved Browns?

Building Cleveland Browns Stadium on the hallowed ground of the old Municipal Stadium, honored some of the greatest athletic endeavors of the 20th century. Where better to construct a new home for the Cleveland Browns than where legendary coach Paul Brown established Cleveland's first football dynasty in the 1940's that continued for almost 20 years. No other site could have been as appropriate as the field where 14 Cleveland Browns players - Jim Brown, Paul Brown, Len Ford, Frank Gatski, Otto Graham, Lou Groza, Leroy Kelly, Dante Lavelli, Mike McCormack, Bobby Mitchell, Marion Motley, Ozzie Newsome, Paul Warfield and Bill Willis - established their credentials for induction into the Professional Football Hall of Fame in nearby Canton.

While the location of the new stadium honored the glorious history of athletic achievements in Cleveland, the new Cleveland Browns Stadium is first and foremost a lakefront landmark. The new Stadium is also as distinctive as its glistening neighbors at North Coast Harbor - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Great Lakes Science Center and the glassy stations of the RTA Waterfront Line.

The Stadium is a celebration of Cleveland's continuing renaissance, drawing people to the lakefront everyday. People are drawn to the stadium every day. Architectural gaps in the seating bowl at Cleveland Browns Stadium at the Southeast and Southwest entrance plazas allow visitors to view the field and the inside of the stadium even when the Browns aren't playing. These gaps and the upper level bridges connecting the sideline and end zone seating also allow ticket holders to see the downtown skyline. Strolling along the concourse on the North side of the Stadium offers visitors the opportunity to observe shipping activity at the Port of Cleveland or recreational boating at North Coast Harbor.

At night, Cleveland Browns Stadium is a crown jewel on the lakefront. Lighting has been specially designed to highlight the columns and beams supporting the upper deck topped by a halo of light glowing from the sideline canopies. Day or night, whether the team is playing or away, Cleveland Browns Stadium brings a new excitement to Brownstown.