[A controversial plan to finance the Cleveland Browns’ new $2.4 billion stadium in Brook Park using Ohio’s unclaimed property fund](https://www.cleveland.com/news/2025/06/ohio-lawmakers-quietly-gut-modell-law-to-help-browns-relocate.html) raises serious legal questions that could derail the project, according to discussions on Wednesday’s [Today in Ohio](https://open.spotify.com/episode/4zarqPUeIUauQKuGOqy00r?si=219d807ad26d4cf7) podcast.
The Ohio legislature has approved a financing scheme that would provide a $600 million loan to the Browns stadium by tapping into the state’s unclaimed property fund—a move that podcast host Chris Quinn argues may be fundamentally illegal.