And it's not like the city can budge. If you add up the Maloofs' $85 million, AEG's $50 million and the city's $200 million from the parking lease, we still have $50-70 million to go. You hope the parking number comes in higher, because selling city-owned land to finance this is just another obstacle.

The city doesn't look like it has much room to budge. As Kevin Johnson has noted regularly, the city has done what is said it would do. Life may be a negotiation, but it shouldn't be one-sided.