As if Cleveland’s season could not get any worse — some rando allegedly broke into FirstEnergy Stadium and took a joyride on the sphere simply days earlier than the Browns’ subsequent dwelling recreation … leading to a bunch of injury.
The incident reportedly went down early Tuesday morning … forcing the Browns’ grounds crew to hurry to restore the grass earlier than Sunday’s matchup in opposition to Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Pictures captured by News Channel 5 present tire marks all through the sphere … with a street curler working to enhance the house turf.
Luckily, the crew informed the outlet the injury is superficial … which implies there is a good probability Sunday’s recreation will go down with none hiccups.
Police consider the joyride occurred after somebody broke into the stadium and bought ahold of a golf cart. The complete factor is at the moment beneath investigation.
“We are conscious of the incident that occurred early Tuesday morning at FirstEnergy Stadium and have offered the Cleveland Division of Police with all related info,” the crew stated in an announcement.
“Based on our internal evaluation, there was some superficial damage to the playing field that our grounds maintenance team is currently working to repair.”
“We take great pride in the strong reviews and reputation of our stadium’s playing surface, have been in touch with the NFL on the matter and are confident after repair our field will be ready for Sunday’s game vs. the Tampa Buccaneers.”
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