Other events
In addition to home games for the Browns, the stadium hosts other events during the year, including college football, high school football, international soccer, concerts, and other events.
The Ohio Classic, a college football game featuring Historically Black Colleges and Universities, was held at the stadium in 2003 and 2005. In September 2006, it hosted the game between the Bowling Green Falcons and Wisconsin Badgers, which had an announced attendance of 30,307 people.[39] From 2007 through 2009, the stadium hosted an event known as the Patriot Bowl, a season-opening game intended to showcase teams from the Mid-American Conference. The first Patriot Bowl featured the Army Black Knights and Akron Zips and drew 17,835 fans.[40] The following season, Boston College defeated Kent State in the second Patriot Bowl on August 30, 2008 in front of 10,788 people.[41] The third and final Patriot Bowl game was between the Ohio State Buckeyes and Toledo Rockets. While the game was considered a home game for Toledo, the crowd of 71,727 was mostly Ohio State fans.[42][43]
Huntington Bank Field has hosted numerous high school football games, including playoff games of the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) tournament.[44] In 2010 and 2011, the Browns revived the Charity Football Game, which had been held from 1931 to 1987 and was hosted at Cleveland Stadium until 1970.[45] The revived version, called the High School Football Charity Games, was a doubleheader that featured four area high school teams. The 2010 edition, played August 28, featured Saint Edward High School and Mentor High School in the first game, and Saint Ignatius and Lake Catholic High School in the second game.[46] The 2011 edition, played August 27, featured Mayfield High School and Medina High School in the first game, and Glenville High School and St. Edward High School in the second game.[47] The rivalry game between two of the Cleveland area's largest parochial high schools, St. Ignatius and St. Edward, has been held at the stadium on three occasions: October 2016, which had 17,400 fans in attendance; October 2018; and again in September 2020.[48]
In addition to football and other field sports, Monster Jam has been held at the stadium on two occasions, the first being July 2, 2022, and then again on June 3, 2023.[52][53] The stadium was also the setting for Progressive Corporation's At Home campaign showing then-Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield living with his wife in the facility.[54] Huntington Bank Field hosted the 37th edition of WWE's premium live event SummerSlam, with an attendance of 57,791 on August 3, 2024.[55]
Soccer
Huntington Bank Field is a periodic host for both the United States men's (USMNT) and women's national soccer (USWNT) teams. The stadium hosted a match between the USMNT and Venezuela in the run-up to the 2006 FIFA World Cup, a 2–0 victory for the US, and a 4–2 loss in 2013 against Belgium that drew 27,720 fans.[56] The stadium, then known as FirstEnergy Stadium, hosted games in the group stage of the 2017 CONCACAF Gold Cup, with the USMNT playing July 15, 2017, against Nicaragua as part of a doubleheader that also included Panama and Martinique. Both Panama and the United States won their respective matches by a score of 3–0.[57][58][59] The stadium again hosted group stage play during the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup, with Panama defeating Guyana 4–2 and the USMNT winning 6–0 over Trinidad and Tobago.[60]
