CLEVELAND, Ohio — Mayor Justin Bibb has a plan to help fund stadium repairs for the Guardians and Cavaliers — but the teams aren’t ready to talk about it. And until they are, he says the city won’t bail them out again.

Bibb told reporters at a recent news conference that he wants to create a special financing district that could collect small fees on parking, dining and entertainment in the Gateway District. The mayor said it’s a “practical, pragmatic” way to generate revenue to help maintain Progressive Field and Rocket Arena.

That money is needed because countywide sin taxes on alcohol and cigarettes haven’t covered repair costs in recent years. Last December, Cleveland and Cuyahoga County approved a $40 million bailout for Gateway, the joint city-county authority that owns and mana

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