The stadium is located on the site of the original Cleveland Stadium, a multipurpose facility built in 1931 that served as the Browns’ home field from their inception in 1946 through the 1995 season.
The new stadium opened in 1999 and was originally called Cleveland Browns Stadium. In 2013, FirstEnergy purchased the naming rights for the stadium in a 17-year deal, and it became known as FirstEnergy Stadium. However, the Browns and FirstEnergy Corp. have agreed to end FirstEnergy’s naming rights deal. The facility along the shores of Lake Erie will now be known by its previous name, Cleveland Browns Stadium.