ARLINGTON – The City Council is scheduled to settle 26 eminent-domain court cases connected to the new Dallas Cowboys stadium Tuesday.

The city had already agreed to pay the landowners $1.8 million, but they were appealing the settlement in Tarrant County courts. The city has tentatively agreed to pay them an additional $868,250 to end the dispute.

Roger Venables, Arlington real estate manager, said the land acquisition for the $1.1 billion stadium has cost $78.7 million. That includes these additional funds, which are expected to be approved by the City Council.

Mr. Venables said it's hard to tell how this total compares with what the city initially budgeted for land. The City Council added and subtracted land from the stadium site several times before settling on a "footprint."

"It morphed a lot," he said. "There is not a good comparison."

The property owners were all represented by a single lawyer, which made the group settlement possible, city officials said. The property owners included Charlie Scott and Walter Herrington, who owned large numbers of rent houses in the neighborhood that was demolished for the stadium.

There are other similar court cases still pending against the city.

The city's portion of the stadium has been capped at $325 million, so additional costs are paid by the Cowboys. The stadium was originally budgeted at $650 million.