Cleveland Indians

Located in Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland Browns stadium is home to the NFL’s Cleveland Browns.  The stadium lies on the shores of Lake Erie.  Cleveland Browns Stadium has a maximum capacity of just over 73,000.  Although the stadium is primarily used for Cleveland Browns football games, the field is large enough to host international soccer games.  Cleveland Browns Stadium sits on the former site of Cleveland Municipal Stadium, which housed the Browns before the team moved to Baltimore to become the Ravens. As part of the deal that brought a "new" Browns team to Cleveland, the city of Cleveland tore down Cleveland Stadium after the 1996 NFL season to make room for the new facility.  Cleveland Browns stadium opened in the fall of 1999.  Sports Traveler has tickets and travel packages to every home and away Cleveland Browns game. 

Cleveland’s basketball team is the Cleveland Cavaliers.  The Cavaliers play at Quicken Loans Arena which seats over 20,500.  At the games, fans enjoy appearances from the team’s mascot, Moondog.  Moondog is named after the Cleveland disk jockey, Alan Freed, aka “Moondog”, who popularized the phrase “rock and roll.” 

Progressive Field, ranked as MLB’s best ballpark in 2008 by Sports Illustrated fan poll, is the home of the Cleveland Indians.  The Indians also have a popular mascot, Slider.  He was also inducted into the Mascot Hall of Fame.  The park features a make-your-own-mascot store, similar to the Build-a-bear Workshop, where fans make their own “Slider” and dress get to dress it up.