OAKLAND — Despite continuing to question the city’s charges on its 2017 NBA title parade bill, the Warriors held their nose Thursday and paid for all the expenses from the event, following through on owner Joe Lacob’s promise on the day of the celebration to cover the tab.

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How much will the Warriors pay city for NBA championship parade? Team officials, who wondered why the July bill from the city for charges related to the event was almost triple the original estimate, said that despite the disagreement over the amount, the team would pay the entire $787,000 bill for this year’s celebration.

Meanwhile, the city pulled a $244,000 charge it had added to the invoice for the 2015 NBA championship parade, acknowledging Thursday it should never have billed the team for those costs.

“Due to a misunderstanding within the city, the (2015) invoice should not have been issued,” city spokeswoman Karen Boyd said in an email. When asked what the misunderstanding was, she declined to provide details.

The Warriors in the past said they agreed to split costs on the 2015 festivities and had paid for more than their share. However, up until Thursday, the city insisted it had never received any money and was still owed $244,000 from the team.

A revised invoice sent to the team this month also contradicted what Mayor Libby Schaaf had said when the team questioned the first invoice. She said standard police and fire labor costs had not been subtracted from the original July bill, when in fact it already had. The revised bill did reduce the Warriors’ obligation by $29,000 in equipment and supply costs.

In a statement issued Thursday the Warriors announced the decision to pay the bill and addressed the negotiations.

“We have made this decision despite our disappointment with the process and the large disparity between the two estimates,” the team said.

An email to the team two weeks before the June parade this year indicated the city estimated the event would cost about $300,000. In support of the much higher bill to the team, city officials explained that terrorist attacks around the world on the eve of the parade and higher than anticipated crowds increased the number of personnel needed, which drove up the costs.

“Out of an abundance of goodwill toward the city of Oakland, the Warriors have agreed to cover the entirety of the city’s revised estimated costs from this summer’s NBA Championship parade — despite the fact that the revised amount of $786,988 is more than double the $300,000 estimate the Warriors were provided by the city in the lead-up to the parade,” the Warriors said in its statement. “This amount comes on top of the nearly $6 million the Warriors have already spent to produce two victory parades in Oakland; most American cities cover the majority of the expenses associated with victory parades.”

The city released a statement Thursday thanking the team for the payment, saying it’s “grateful” for the payment which will offset police, fire and public works costs for the “massive public event.”

“Today, the Golden State Warriors made good on their public promise to pay the City of Oakland for hosting the team’s 2017 Championship parade,” the city’s statement said. “The parade was a safe and joyous community occasion for generations of Oaklanders, and the City appreciates the Warriors’ financial investment — few professional franchises can boast such a commitment to their home city.” Like our Warriors Facebook page for more Warriors news, commentary and conversation.

The Warriors will be leaving for San Francisco once their new arena is built, but the team is committed to playing in Oakland this season. With the team considered the odds-on-favorites to repeat as NBA champions, have the two sides discussed a more structured plan for a possible 2018 parade through the city?