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Browns ask state to help pay for Columbus practice facility; plan to train in Berea for now

COLUMBUS: The Cleveland Browns took another step Thursday toward making Columbus the organization’s future home for summer training camp — but the team confirmed it will hold its 2016 preseason practices in Berea.

The Browns have touted Columbus as a potential training camp host for years.

The team and a Columbus development group have asked the state to help pay $5 million to build a practice facility for the Browns at Ohio State University, the Columbus Dispatch first reported.

The Columbus Partnership made the request for the money in the biennial state capital improvements bill that will be proposed in the next few months.