Five years ago the city paid 50 percent, or $204 million.

The state and city would pay the balance of the project's cost.

The figure is used to determine how much the city must pay into the system each year.

Under the plan, the city would pay only $17 million for planning and development.

But some said the city was still paying too much.

The city paid him $10 an hour to clear the streets, he said.

He did not mention how the city would pay for these services.

He said the city would pay for the move by cutting other services.

There are only five states in the whole union where cities pay anything.

The city paid the other half, and the new field opened in time for the 2005 football season.