Both sides want GCP's blessing in Browns Stadium debate

State of play: Along with the heads of the city and county councils, Bibb and Ronayne wanted GCP's 70-member board to side with them — and local taxpayers — on the future of the Browns Stadium.

• Both the city and county are in favor of the team remaining downtown, either in a renovated stadium on the current site or in a new facility on the adjacent Burke Lakefront Airport.
• Ronayne has said he will not support any plans to publicly finance a facility outside the city of Cleveland.

The intrigue: Dee Haslam sits on the GCP board and emailed her colleagues the day before the meeting, asking them to side with the Haslams in their pursuit of a domed facility in Brook Park.

What they're saying: Per NEOtrans, which obtained the email, Dee Haslam summarized the negotiations with the city and the county and argued against the downtown sites on both financial and logistical grounds.

💭 Sam's thought bubble: Cleveland leaders love touting the merits of "public-private partnerships" throughout the region.

• GCP may opt against publicly taking a side. But otherwise, good luck convincing the region's top CEOs that a public-private partnership is more important than a private-private partnership.

Go deeper: Haslam email preempts City, County at stadium debate