FC Cincinnati's stadium has almost cleared yet another hurdle.

The City of Cincinnati and Hamilton County are close to an agreement that would give FC Cincinnati the full $35 million the city promised the team for its new stadium's infrastructure needs, county attorney Roger Friedmann told the Hamilton County Board of Commissioners Tuesday.

The agreement will allow the city to use about $17 million from Cincinnati's portion of the county hotel tax toward the $35 million in incentives the city promised the team.

Stadium construction is underway, but various issues including a hotel tax dispute have caused delays and team lawyers have publicly said they're worried about the project being completed by the March 2021 deadline.

A disagreement over city support of the Sharonville Convention Center threw into doubt whether FC Cincinnati would get the city's hotel tax revenue. Both the county and the Hamilton County Convention Facilities Authority need to approve the city's use of $17 million in hotel tax for the stadium.

The 6.5 percent tax, paid by visitors in hotels, goes to pay debt service on the Duke Energy Convention Center; whatever is left over goes to city- or county-chosen projects.

County leaders wanted to continue a long-time assurance that the city would cover any shortfall that might arise in paying debt on the Sharonville Convention Center. I

When the city sought approval to use $17 million for the soccer stadium, Mayor John Cranley appeared loathe to continue the assurances on the Sharonville Convention Center.

But language on the draft agreements being traded between the city and county has restored that commitment, Friedmann said.

"We're very close to getting a final solution," Friedmann said.

Mayor John Cranley’s spokeswoman, Holly Stutz Smith, called the agreement a “good compromise to get our money freed up for city infrastructure.”

The city council, county commissioners and the convention facilities authority will have to approve the new deal, expected sometime this month.