The Winnipeg Blue Bombers hope to have a deal in place with the City of Winnipeg that would see a minimum of a $500,000 subsidy applied to transportation services for bringing fans to events at Investors Group Field.

The team hopes to have it in place in time for next week’s women’s soccer game between Canada and the U.S. at the stadium, but that may not happen.

The deal needs approval from city council as a whole. The Bombers expected that to happen April 30, but the matter didn’t come up at city hall.

Wade Miller, CEO of the Bombers, spoke about the team’s objective for the transit plan Wednesday.

"Referring to it as a discount - I don't think is exactly accurate - because it's more a subsidy, like everybody else gets when you take local transit,” said Miller.

Last season, the team paid $1.1 million for fans to get to Investors Group Field via buses - an average of $11 per round trip.

This year, they’d like to pay $6 and have the city cover the remaining cost, a minimum $500,000 commitment.

The Bombers argue the subsidy would be in line with what every transit rider in the city gets, but Mayor Katz said special events run on a different, more expensive model.

“(They use) charter buses, which have nothing to do with city transit. They also needed to make sure they had supervisors out there,” said Katz.

The Bombers said they’ve been negotiating with the city for five months.

Now, with just a week to go before the first event of the season, they said they need a transportation plan in place as soon as possible.

“We have a soccer game in eight days so we need to figure this out and it's been ongoing. We shouldn't be standing here April 30 having this discussion right now. So, I look for the city to resolve this and make a decision on this and then we can move forward,” said Miller.

Winnipeggers who spoke to CTV News Wednesday were mixed on the plan, with some supporting it while others said taxpayers shouldn’t be on the hook for it through tax dollars.

Mayor Katz said he believes the plan will probably be approved when it comes up at council, with the city placed between a rock and hard place.

He believes if the plan is rejected, transit to games would be chaotic and the city might have to step in with extra bus service anyway.

If council does reject the plan, Wade Miller said the team has a backup plan and he said details could be announced as soon as Monday.

- with reports from Jeff Keele and Ben Miljure