I am trying to verify where these figures came from:
What Glendale has spent (so far):
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Glendale has spent $4.27 million on private attorneys and consultants, public records show. Over the past two and a half years, the city has employed six economic and sports-business analysts, five law firms and a lobbyist to work on Coyotes matters.
$2.65 million - Brown Rudnick, bankruptcy court representation.
$384,555 - Fennemore Craig, bankruptcy court representation and legal analysis.
$258,975* - SRJ Government Consultants, financial and bond consulting.
$214,421* - TL Hocking and Associates, economic-impact analysis.
$238,000* - Husk Partners, media relations and lobbying.
$144,570 - Greenberg Traurig, legal analysis.
$104,233 - Walker Parking Consultants, parking-revenue analysis.
$100,926 - Beacon Sports Capital Partners, financial assessment.
$98,809 - Rose Law Group, gift-clause legal review and liaison to Goldwater Institute.
$36,625 - CB Richard Ellis, economic-impact analysis.
$27,603 - Mintz Levin, gift-clause legal review.
$10,702- International Facilities Group, arena assessment.
$0 - JNA Consulting Group, bond consulting.
Not billed yet.
Additional $25 million - Glendale on Monday paid the National Hockey League $25 million to cover a big chunk of the team's losses this season.
*SRJ Government Consultants, TL Hocking and Associates and Husk Partners work on a variety of issues for the city, though largely on the Phoenix Coyotes. The monthly retainer fee for SRJ is $8,000; for Husk, it ranged from $8,000 to $14,000; for TL Hocking, it ranged from $7,000 to $8,000.