The City of Mobile will be asked to support the operations of a twice-daily Amtrak service to New Orleans for three years and at a lump-sum cost of $3.048 million, according to a recent filing with the U.S. Surface Transportation Board.

The amount is on par with what the Mobile City Council approved with a 6-1 vote four years ago, in early 2020. For comparisons, the financial obligation to Amtrak is only slightly more than the $2.5 million subsidy that Topgolf got from city and county taxpayers to build a new entertainment venue at McGowin Park adjacent to Interstate 65.