The city of Seattle spent $2.9 million in their fight to keep the Sonics in town, but they ended up coming out on top in the end, according to Seattle Post-Intelligencer.

They paid $2.3 million in attorney's fees, $61,296 for a witness, and $17,000 to the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce. However, in the end, the city came out ahead financially in its lawsuit against the Oklahoma-based ownership group led by Clay Bennett.

The costs will be absorbed by the settlement agreement that required Bennett's group to pay $45 million in exchange for the right to move the NBA team immediately to Oklahoma City rather than remain in Seattle through the 2009-10 season.