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It’ll take about $1 billion for the state to pay back the $600 million in bonds to help fund the Cleveland Browns' new stadium and development, but Republican House leaders say it will be money well spent.

Republicans are considering adding a $600 million package of state-backed bonds for a $3.4 billion domed stadium and development for the Cleveland Browns to the Ohio budget.

The three Democrats' letter to Republican leaders comes as an amendment has been drafted to add a $600 million bond package for the Cleveland Browns stadium project into the budget.

Though the draft amendment would add the bond package to the budget and eliminate a proposed sports facilities fund, Gov. Mike DeWine is staying positive.

The game will be played at Huntington Bank Field, the home of the Cleveland Browns, which seats 67,000. The Crew's Lower.com Field seats 20,000.

The Browns have talked up a domed stadium outside of downtown Cleveland that could cost nearly $2.5 billion, or a billion-dollar renovation of the existing stadium.

Cleveland city leaders and Browns ownership say they want the stadium in Cleveland. But the reality is more complicated

The Browns and FirstEnergy Corp. have ended their naming rights agreement.