Browns end stadium naming righ...

The Cleveland Browns' home stadium will no longer be known as FirstEnergy Stadium after the two parties declared "an amicable decision" to terminate their contract.

"We've had a great association with FirstEnergy for more than two decades, and we appreciate this partnership and what it's created for our team and the broader northeast Ohio community," Haslam Sports Group COO Dave Jenkins said. "Our home stadium, Cleveland Browns Stadium, will revert to its original name."

The decision marked the end of a 10-year relationship that began in 2013, when then-new Browns owner Jimmy Haslam sold the naming rights to FirstEnergy for $107 million. The original deal was valid until 2029. The stadium's energy was provided by Cleveland Public Power, not FirstEnergy.

Despite the fact that neither party addressed it in their statement, the Cleveland City Council issued a resolution in June calling for the removal of FirstEnergy's name from the Browns' stadium due to the company's participation in a political corruption incident. FirstEnergy admitted bribing Ohio lawmakers to secure a $1 billion bailout for its local nuclear power plant and finally agreed to a $230 million settlement to avoid prosecution.

Cleveland Browns Stadium was the franchise's original moniker when it returned to the NFL as an expansion team in 1999. The Lerner family, the inaugural owners of the relocated Browns, refused to sell the name rights until Haslam purchased the club in 2012.

The Cleveland Browns have become the NFL's third club without a corporate sponsor for its stadium, following the Chicago Bears' Soldier Field and the Green Bay Packers' Lambeau Field. In addition, they are the third team in their division to alter their name. This season, the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cincinnati Bengals renamed their stadiums Acrisure Stadium and Paycor Stadium, respectively.