“Just to dig that hole was over $50,000,” Lewandowski said. “Engineering was over $12,000, landfill was $8,000 because none of that garbage can go back into the hole. It all had to be sent to Otero-Greentree (Regional Landfill). The hauling cost, three of the haulers, we used Nelson, Southwest and Greentree, that was over $10,000 in hauling. Mesa Verde over $20,000 of digging and the equipment.”

He recommended the city give more than just the required 17 E.T. games to the companies since they spent over $50,000 for the dig.

In a distribution plan, Lewandowski recommended giving FUEL Industries and Light Box 52 games from 14 different games titles.

“I think that would be a good gesture,” he said. “The publicity we are getting from this, Microsoft is the one funding this, it is not a small-time operation.”

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