Jimmy Haslam's aircraft lands in Columbus amid new stadium tax-subsidy push

Jimmy Haslam's Dassault Falcon 2000EX, tail N715CB, was tracked flying from Beam Farms Airport (OI85) to John Glenn Columbus International Airport (KCMH) on June 26, covering the 12-minute hop at up to 464 knots.

If aboard, Jimmy Haslam would arrive in the same week Brook Park city council is scheduled to hold final votes on a stadium authority that could push his total taxpayer subsidy for the new Browns domed stadium to $1.3 billion, as reported by Field of Schemes. The June 23 and July 15 votes would create a public entity to own the $2.6 billion facility, granting property-tax breaks worth an estimated $539 million. Separately, the $600 million state commitment remains tied up in a lawsuit over the use of unclaimed private funds, per the AP.

The aircraft's two earlier legs on June 26 — from near Atlanta to the Knoxville area and back — suggest a busy day of travel. The Columbus stop places the owner of the Browns and Bucks within driving distance of Brook Park at a moment when his team's stadium subsidies, plus recent blockbuster trades of Myles Garrett and Giannis Antetokounmpo, are generating intense scrutiny of his ownership legacy.