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FirstEnergy Stadium would receive one-third of Cuyahoga County's sin tax revenues under a proposal submitted to Cuyahoga County Council.

(John Kuntz, cleveland.com)

CLEVELAND, Ohio - The Cleveland Browns, Cavs and Indians would equally share revenues from Cuyahoga County's sin tax for FirstEnergy Stadium, the Q and Progressive Field, under a proposal by Executive Armond Budish.

Each facility would receive a third of the taxes on cigarettes and alcohol, according to the plan, which will be introduced to County Council Tuesday and discussed Nov. 29.

The sin tax was originally approved in 1990 for 15 years for Gateway's baseball stadium and basketball arena, and extended for 10 years to build Browns stadium. Voters in 2014 extended the tax for another 20 years.

The county's sin tax is assessed at 4.5 cents per pack of cigarettes, 1.5 cents per 12-ounce bottle of beer, 6 cents per 750-milliliter bottle of wine, 32 cents per gallon of mixed beverages, 24 cents per gallon of cider and $3 per gallon of hard liquor.

With the latest extension, the issue was how to distribute the money, estimated to be at least $260 million over 20 years.

In October 2015 the county financed $60.4 million worth of repairs and upgrades to Progressive Field and the Q, a new scoreboard for the Cleveland Indians and a new roof for the Cavs.

The sale of $65 million of bonds will be repaid by the sin tax.

"Specifically, one-third of all Allocable Excise Taxes Proceeds and of each receipt thereof shall be allocated to First Energy Stadium and disbursed to fund improvements to First Energy Stadium under and in accordance with this Agreement," Tuesday's resolution states.

The city of Cleveland, which owns FirstEnergy Stadium, in August agreed to invest about $10 million in work there. The Browns, via the city, have requested $23.7 million in sin tax revenue to repair FirstEnergy Stadium over the next 10 years.

The non-profit Gateway Economic Development Corp. owns the baseball and basketball facilities and enforces the team leases on behalf of the county.

The county is obligated to cover repairs and upgrades per its respective leases with the Indians and the Cavs.

The Cavs and Indians previously shared $135 million for work expected to be completed over the next decade, including $23.9 million for scoreboard-related upgrades.