Browns receive big-name support for domed stadium

Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images The Cleveland Browns received a big-name boost on Tuesday in their quest for a domed stadium and entertainment center in Brook Park.

That came in the form of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, who joined owner Jimmy Haslam for a meeting with Ohio Governor Mike DeWine and other state leaders to express his support for the $2.4 billion stadium project.

There has been pushback to the Browns leaving downtown Cleveland, their home since the franchise played its first season in 1946, primarily from Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne and Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb.

But Goodell is not of a like mind, as he sees the project as a benefit for Northeast Ohio,…